THE JEWELLED WIG: LORD PLAYING WITH A PALACE MAID (Katsushika Hokusai)

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

Artist: anon. after Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Print subject: lord playing with a palace maid

Note: inspired on the erotic designs from the book The Jewelled Wig 多満佳津良 illustrated by Hokusai in 1821

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

Period: Meiji era 明治時代 (1868-1912)
Condition: good, slight stains, vertical central fold, backing
Dimensions: 29 x 22,5 cm

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