THE ISLE OF WOMEN: QUEEN AND HER ATTENDANT WITH CASTAWAYS (Utagawa Kunimaro)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimaro 歌川国麿 (active ca. 1850-75)
From the book: A Treasure Ship Embarking at the Isle of Women 女護島宝入船, vol. 2 巻之中
Print subject: queen and her attendant with castaways

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

Period: 1848-54
Condition: overall good, some paper thinning in the left margin
Dimensions: 27,5 x 21,5 cm

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