FIFTY-FOUR CHAPTERS OF FLOATING WORLD GENJI: A BOWKNOT TIED IN MAIDEN’S LOOPS (Koikawa Shozan)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art

Artist: Koikawa Shozan 恋川笑山 (1823-1907)
From the book: Fifty-four Chapters of Floating World Genji 浮世源氏五十四帖, part 2 後編, vol. 3 下の巻
Print title: A Bowknot Tied in Maiden’s Loops 総角

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Period: 1861-64
Condition: fair, small holes, slight cracks
Dimensions: 25,5 x 22 cm

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