MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: PREGNANT COURTESAN AND MASTER (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: While the people in the household are away, a courtesan and the brothel owner are having an affair. The courtesan is already pregnant with the master’s child and is asking to become his wife.

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

Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: overall good, paper thinning
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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