COMPARISON OF PASSIONATE WOMEN: NEW HERBS (Utagawa Kunimori II)

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

Artist: Utagawa Kunimori II 二代目歌川国盛 (active ca. 1840-60)
From the book: Comparison of Passionate Women 艶色品定女, vol. 1 上
Print title: New Herbs, Part I 若菜上

Top left inscription: Long shall be the life of the seedling pines, to add to the years of the herbs brought in from the fields? 小松原すゑのよはひにひかれてやのべのわかなも年をつむべき

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

Year: ca. 1852
Condition: overall good, small wormholes
Dimensions: 33,5 x 25 cm

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