MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: GEISHA BEGGING HER LOVER (Utagawa Toyokuni)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: abuna-e あぶな絵 dangerous pictures

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
From the book: Picture Book, Mirror of the Vagina 絵本開中鏡, vol. 3 下
Print subject: A geisha is crying and begging her lover because she never wants to return to her mother’s house again. The man, who is the son of a wealthy merchant, gives his servant some money and orders him to go to the geisha’s mother and settle the matter.

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: fair
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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