WATER MARGIN: BAI SHENG PROTECTS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HELPS SONG JIANG (Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861)
From the book: A Modern Water Margin Story 当盛水滸伝, vol. 2 中
Print title: Bai Sheng Protects Righteousness and Helps Song Jiang 白勝義を守りて宋公明を助く

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

Year: 1829
Condition: overall fair, small holes, minor thinnings, fold marks in the lower right corner
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

SOLD