SELECTION OF LAUGHING PICTURES: TABOOS FOR THE SAKE OF PREVENTING DISEASE AND STAYING HEALTHY (Koikawa Shozan)

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

Artist: Koikawa Shozan 恋川笑山 (1823-1907)
From the book: Selection of Laughing Pictures for Learning the Virtues and Joys of Intimacy 貞喜睦笑画抄
Print subject: taboos for the sake of preventing disease and staying healthy (inspired by the 11th month of the Model Letters for Home Instruction 庭訓往来)

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

Period: 1850s
Condition: fair, holes
Dimensions: 21,5 x 18 cm

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