Japanese Print "Ehon kiku no tsuyu 艶本幾久の露 (Picture Book: Dew on the Chrysanthemum)" by Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist:Kitagawa Utamaro
Title:Ehon kiku no tsuyu 艶本幾久の露 (Picture Book: Dew on the Chrysanthemum)
Date:1786 (preface?)
Details:More information...
Source:British Museum
Browse all 9,121 prints...
Description:
Illustrated erotic book, shunga, woodblock print. First volume (of 3 originally). Scenes of love-making. Contents: 2 pages of preface, 1 single-page image, five double-page images, 2 single-page images (because leaf 8 is missing), one 3-page image, 8 single pages of text. Inscribed and signed. Dark green replacement covers and replacement title slip, handwritten with scattered gold leaf.