THE THOUSAND LOVE ENCOUNTERS IN SANJO STREET (Takehara Shunchosai)

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

Artist: Takehara Shunchosai 竹原春朝斎 (active ca. 1772-1801)
From the book: Pillow Book for the Young, All You Need to Know about How the Jeweled Rod Goes In and Out 枕童児抜差万遍玉莖
Print title: Mouthed Letter on the Wet Vaginas of the Thousand Love Encounters in Sanjo Street 三条通の千人切は陰水を含状

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

Period: ca. 1776-81
Condition: reasonable
Dimensions: 31,5 x 25,5 cm

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