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[Illustrations from an erotic book] [pictures]
- Author
- Toyokuni, Utagawa, (1769-1825)
- Title
- [Illustrations from an erotic book] [pictures] / [attributed to Toyokuni]
- Format
- Image
- Published
- [1800-1825?]
- Description
- 2 art prints : woodcuts, col. ; 22 x 16 cm.
- Notes
- Original prints. Title supplied by cataloger. Size when mounted: 26 x 21 cm. Place of origin: [Japan]
- Summary
- Print A--six women holding one arm out while standing in a cloud. Print B--a man kneeling before a rocky outcrop with an image of a faceless man and woman copulating. A horse-faced, horned demon stands behind. Each half of two-page composition. For attribution to Toyokuni, see Y. Hayashi, Empon Kenkyu Toyokuni (Study of erotic books, Toyokuni) (Japan 1964), p. 211-212. Possibly Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), Toyokuni II (1802-ca. 1825) or Toyokuni III (pseudonym for Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864). For artists, see R. Lane, Masters of the Japanese print (New York 1962), p. 240-249, 288. Prints dirty and worn with some wormholes. Mounted on white poster board.
- Kinsey subjects
- Grotesque in art.
- Other subjects
- Shunga.