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<i>Shunga</i> of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from <i>Koshoku zue juni-ko</i> (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
<i>Shunga</i> of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from <i>Koshoku zue juni-ko</i> (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
<i>Shunga</i> of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from <i>Koshoku zue juni-ko</i> (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
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Katsukawa Shunchō (勝川春潮) (artist 1783 – 1821)

Shunga of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from Koshoku zue juni-ko (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'

Print

ca 1788
14.75 in x 9.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Victoria and Albert Museum
National Gallery of Victoria
Ritsumeikan University - shunga page in Japanese One has to wonder what this woman is thinking. Is she waiting for her suitor to finish? Is she bored? Is she thinking about her real boyfriend?

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According to Ritsumeikan University this scene is taking place in an early afternoon in April.

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Illustrated

1) in a large color reproduction in Japanese Prints by Catherine David, 2010, Éditions Place des Victoires, p. 174.

2) in a large color reproduction over two pages in Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art, Hotei Publishing, 2013, pages 192-193.
erotic prints (shunga - 春画) (genre)