LOVE SONGS FOR THE THICK-NECKED SHAMISEN: WANKYU AND MATSUYAMA (Kitagawa Utamaro)

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

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (ca. 1753-1806)
From the book: On the Road, Love Songs for the Thick-necked Shamisen 道行恋濃婦登佐男, vol. 3 下
Print title: Wankyu and Matsuyama 椀久 松山

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing

Year: 1802
Condition: reasonable, paper thinning in the lower right corner, holes, stains, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 25,5 x 17,5 cm

SOLD