FLOWERS AND MOON GENJI: THE FIRST WARBLER (Koikawa Shozan)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock print
Koikawa Shozan (恋川笑山)
Flowers and Moon Genji (花月源氏), vol. 2 (中): The First Warbler (初音)
Top right inscription: The old one’s gaze rests long on the seedling pine, / Waiting to hear the song of the first warbler. (とし月を まつにひかれてへる人に / けふうぐいすのはつねきかせよ) – Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker
Year: 1861 ca.
Condition: overall good
Size: 18 x 24 cm

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