An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)

Keisai Eisen (渓斎英泉) (artist 1790 – 1848)

An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Print


1825
15.375 in x 10.125 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection, U. of Pittsburgh
The National Museum of Asian Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art

This elegant print is only one of a set of 12, none of which show explicit sexual acts. This type is referred to as an abuna-e.
erotic prints (shunga - 春画) (genre)