THE SHOOTS OF THE PRINCESS PINE: PAINFUL APPEARANCE (Kitao Shigemasa)

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

Artist: Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)
From the book: Laughing Book, The Shoots of the Princess Pine 笑本姫小松, vol. 3 下
Print title: Painful Appearance くるしき体

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing

Year: 1773
Condition: fair, some paper thinning, imperfections on the lower right margin, tiny wormhole in the upper left corner
Dimensions: 27,5 x 21,5 cm

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