CALL OF GEESE MEETING AT NIGHT: OVERJEALOUS MAN TATTOOING HIS NAME ON THE INNER THIGH OF AN IMPATIENT LADY OF PLEASURE (Utagawa Toyokuni)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
From the book: Call of Geese Meeting at Night 逢夜鴈之声, vol. 1 上
Print subject: overjealous man tattooing his name on the inner thigh of an impatient lady of pleasure

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

Year/Period: 1822
Condition: signs of aging, wormholes, slight stains, small tears on the lower corners, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 26 x 18,5 cm

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