BEAUTY WEARING A SEE-THROUGH YUKATA (Toyohara Chikanobu)

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

Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912)
From the book: Amorous Figures Find Pleasure in Fifty-some Feelings 艶姿娯集餘情 (a work inspired on the erotic designs from the book Amorous Murasaki Finds Pleasure in Fifty-some Chapters 艶紫娯拾余帖 illustrated in 1835 by Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞)
Print subject: beauty wearing a see-through yukata 浴衣 summer kimono next to a mosquito repellent incense burner

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

Period: Meiji era 明治時代 (1868-1912)
Condition: overall good, slight wrinkles and fold marks
Dimensions: 15,5 x 21 cm

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