PROFESSION OF A TRAVELING MALE PROSTITUTE (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: Textbook of Various Trades and the Profession of a Traveling Male Prostitute 男契情を売あるく渡世は諸職往来

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

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

SOLD