MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: LUSTFUL FIRE (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. 2 中
Print title: Illustration of a Lustful Fire 淫火之図
Print subject: ghostly vagina burning

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

Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: overall good, partially trimmed margins
Dimensions: 14 x 21,5 cm

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