KI NO TOMONORI (Koikawa Shozan)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock print
Koikawa Shozan (恋川笑山)
Thirty-six Excellent Selections of Beautiful Gems (美玉三十六佳撰), vol. 1 (一編): Ki no Tomonori (紀友則)
Top right inscription: As evening descends / on the banks of Sao River / plovers cry out / as though they’ve lost a friend / in the wind across the river (夕されば / 佐保の川原の / 河霧に / 友まどはせる / 千鳥鳴くなり)
Year: 1857
Condition: fair
Size: 10,5 x 15 cm

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