MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: GEISHA AND LOVER (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. 3 下
Print subject: After being left alone, a geisha and her lover have sex. The woman begs him to make her his wife, but he calms her down by telling her that, to save appearances before society and his servants, it is necessary for her to hide from the world for five or six months.

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
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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