COMPARISON OF PASSIONATE WOMEN: THE ROSE PLUM (Utagawa Kunimori II)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimori II 二代目歌川国盛 (active ca. 1840-60)
From the book: Comparison of Passionate Women 艶色品定女, vol. 1 上
Print title: The Rose Plum 紅梅

Top right inscription: A purposeful breeze wafts forth the scent of our plum. Will not the warbler be first to heed the summons? こころありて風の匂はす園の梅にまづうぐひすのとはずやあるべき

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

Year: ca. 1852
Condition: overall good, small wormholes
Dimensions: 33,5 x 25 cm

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