STARRY NIGHT: SEDUCER, DANCER AND BEAUTY (Utagawa Kuninao)

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

Artist: attrib. Utagawa Kuninao 歌川国直 (1795-1854)
From the book: Tuning the Strings on a Starry Night 星月夜糸之調, vol. 1 天
Print subject: seducer embracing a dancer and pleasuring a beauty

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

Period: 1850s
Condition: overall good, tear on the left margin, small wormholes, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 26,5 x 19 cm

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