WATER MARGIN: BEATING THE SECOND WIFE (Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861)
From the book: A Modern Water Margin Story 当盛水滸伝, vol. 1 上
Print title: Illustration of Beating the Second Wife 後妻打之図

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