COMPARISON OF PASSIONATE WOMEN: FLARES (Utagawa Kunimori II)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimori II 二代目歌川国盛 (active ca. 1840-60)
From the book: Comparison of Passionate Women 艶色品定女, vol. 1 上
Print title: Flares 篝火

Top left inscription: They burn, these flares and my heart, and send off smoke. The smoke from my heart refuses to be dispersed. 篝火にたちそふ恋乃けふりこそよにはたえせぬほのほなるらむ

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

Year: ca. 1852
Condition: overall good, small wormholes
Dimensions: 33,5 x 25 cm

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