CONTEST OF FLOWERS: WISTERIA (Ryusuitei Tanekiyo)

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

Artist: Ryusuitei Tanekiyo 柳水亭種清 (1823-1907)
From the book: Love Feelings, Contest of Flowers 艶情花くらべ
Print subject: wisteria

Note: inspired on the erotic designs from the book A Sprig of Purple 紫の一本 illustrated by Koikawa Shozan 恋川笑山 around 1854

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

Period: after 1854
Condition: overall good
Dimensions: 22 x 17,5 cm

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