SELECTION OF LAUGHING PICTURES: SWEETS SERVED AS REFRESHMENTS AND TEA UTENSILS (Koikawa Shozan)
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art
Artist: Koikawa Shozan 恋川笑山 (1821-1907)
From the book: Selection of Laughing Pictures for Learning the Virtues and Joys of Intimacy 貞喜睦笑画抄
Print subject: sweets served as refreshments and tea utensils (inspired by the 10th month of the Model Letters for Home Instruction 庭訓往来)
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Period: 1850s
Condition: overall good, wormholes
Dimensions: 21,5 x 18 cm
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