FLOWERS AND MOON GENJI: THE WORMWOOD PATCH (Koikawa Shozan)
Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock print
Koikawa Shozan (恋川笑山)
Flowers and Moon Genji (花月源氏), vol. 2 (中): The Wormwood Patch (蓬生)
Top right inscription: Myself will I break a path through towering weeds / And ask: does a constant spirit dwell within? (たづねてもわれこそとふらはめみちもなく / ふかきよもぎのもとのこころを) – Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker
Year: 1861 ca.
Condition: overall good
Size: 18 x 24 cm
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