THREADS OF MODERN ENCOUNTERS: NEWLYWED COUPLE ON THEIR FIRST NIGHT (Unknown Artist)

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

Artist: unknown artist 絵師不明
Print subject: newlywed couple on their first night

Note: inspired on the erotic designs from the series Threads of Modern Encounters 男女色交合之絲 created by Katsukawa Shuncho 勝川春潮 around 1790

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

Period: 19th century
Condition: reasonable, signs of aging, stains, wormholes, several areas of paper thinning, backing
Dimensions: 36 x 24 cm

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