DICTIONARY OF LIES: CHART OF THE MUSCLES OF THE HAND (Koikawa Shozan)

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

Artist: Koikawa Shozan 恋川笑山 (1823-1907)
From the book: Ono no Mudamara’s Complete Dictionary of Lies 小野徒玉茎嘘字盡, vol. 2 坤
Print title: Chart of the Muscles of the Hand 手の筋早見

Inscriptions: (from right to left) Hand with saliva つばきを付る手, Hand holding phallus 玉茎をにぎる手, Hand sticking and moving around くぢる手, Hand masturbating vagina つびせんずりの手

Publisher: Kirakudo 喜楽堂

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing

Period: 1850s
Condition: fair, vertical fold mark, trimmed margins, backing
Dimensions: 10,5 x 15,5 cm

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