FISH COMPARISONS: SHINJUKU, FLOUNDER (Utagawa Kunisada)

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

Artist: attrib. Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)
From the series: Fish Comparisons 魚見立
Print title: Shinjuku 新宿

Note: paired, in the red inset, with flounder かれゐ

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

Year: ca. 1855
Condition: fair, slight stains, wormhole, vertical fold marks
Dimensions: 11,5 x 8,5 cm

SOLD