Shunga with text
ca 1840
7.125 in x 3 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Extreme closeup shunga view of climactic moment with descriptive text. This is a fragment of a book illustration.
Previously we had attributed this image to Keisai Eisen, but are not sure why. That is why we removed Eisen as the designer. However, we did add a second related image which is credited at Ritsumeikan University as being by that artist.
erotic prints (shunga - 春画) (genre)
picture book (ehon - 絵本) (genre)