Antique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book Woodblock Print Kimono Edo FL401 chiyogami Ise Katagami

Ise Katagami

14 cm wide x 26

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Antique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book Woodblock Print Kimono Edo FL401 chiyogami Ise KatagamiAntique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book This is an antique Japanese Edo period art book of erotic shunga woodblock prints (ukiyoe) titled uotori ajiwaikurabe, which means fishes and birds tasting. It contains text and Shunga paintings in color. Each Shunga seems to have a title named after a kind of fish, such as whale, octopus, shellfish, or pufferfish. Shunga is Japanese erotic art made traditionally by ukiyoe woodblock printing. Though these