THE JEWELED THREAD OF LIFE (Tsukioka Settei)

Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock prints
Tsukioka Settei (月岡雪鼎)
A River of Admonitions for Women with Love Letters (女令川趣文)
Top right inscription: The jeweled thread of life / should it break / let it sever / I could never have imagined / such pleasures (玉の緒よ / たへなばたえよ / 此宜さは / しのぶかたなく / よがりもぞする) – Translated by C. Andrew Gerstle
Year: 1771
Condition: signs of aging
Size: 32 x 24,5 cm

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