ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THE PENIS DOESN’T RESPOND (Tsukioka Settei)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock print
Tsukioka Settei (月岡雪鼎)
A River of Admonitions for Women with Love Letters (女令川趣文), On what to do when the penis doesn’t respond (仕立物の急事)
Left inscription: When the penis doesn’t feel right and won’t become erect, the man gets anxious and finds it hard to perform. At such a time, there is a secret tradition of reciting two poems to get the penis to grow hard. Memorize these two poems, and when needed, if you relax and recite them, the member will arise. • In China / in Japan as well / cocks are all the same / they stand tall / day or night • The teachings of Aigo no Miya are not shallow / our feelings for each other are true / rise grandly (茎は心さだかならざれば立ず。かならずきうなる時は心さはがしくおへざ為証屍哨。此時一物をたぎらすひでんの歌二首有。よくく心をおとし付て是をとなふれば立也。○から国も日本も同じ茎立てちうやも時もきらはざりける ○浅からぬあいこの宮のおしへかやたがひのまこと今ぞ立けり) – Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle
Year: 1771
Condition: overall good
Size: 16 x 8 cm

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