PICTURE BOOK OF SNOW ON FUJI: COUPLE LYING NEXT TO A SHAMISEN CASE (Keisai Eisen)

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

Artist: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848)
From the book: An Erotic Picture Book of Snow on Fuji 艶本ん婦嬨のゆき, vol. 2 中の巻
Print subject: couple lying next to a shamisen case

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

Year: 1824
Condition: overall fair, slight stains, tiny cracks, wrinkles, major imperfections in the lower margin
Dimensions: 26,5 x 22 cm

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