MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: COMING OF AGE OF A PROSTITUTE (Utagawa Toyokuni)

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

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
From the book: Picture Book, Mirror of the Vagina 絵本開中鏡, vol. 2 中
Print subject: The coming of age of a young prostitute. The first client is chosen by the brothel owner from among expert masters such as the elderly man depicted here. For this fledgling prostitute, the loss of virginity is somewhat frightening, but at the same time it also arouses her curiosity.

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

Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: fair
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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