MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: LOVING COUPLE ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT (Utagawa Toyokuni)
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
From the book: Picture Book, Mirror of the Vagina 絵本開中鏡, vol. 3 下
Print subject: A long-time loving couple has finally reached their wedding night. As of tonight they can finally unite as husband and wife, but it seems that the woman is already pregnant.
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: overall good
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm
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