FRESH YOUNG LEAVES: ROMANTIC ENCOUNTER IN THE GARDEN (Utagawa Kuninao)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kuninao 歌川国直 (1795-1854)
From the book: Fresh Young Leaves 和嘉美登利, vol. 2 中之巻
Print subject: romantic encounter in the garden

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

Year: 1827
Condition: fair, wormhole, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 26,5 x 18,5 cm

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