SARUMARU DAYU (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): Sarumaru Dayu (猿丸太夫)
Top right inscription: Now far now near there / in the mountains a songbird / warbles his tune / tentatively will she ever / hear these love notes on the wind (をちこちの / たづきもしらぬ / 山中に / おぼつかなくも / 呼子鳥かな)
Year: 1857
Condition: fair
Size: 10,5 x 15 cm

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