HAND PUPPETS OF DESIRE: TEACHER SEDUCING A STUDENT WHO IS PLAYING A KOTO (Keisai Eisen)

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

Artist: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848)
From the book: Hand Puppets of Desire 春情指人形, vol. 2 地
Print subject: teacher seducing a student who is playing a koto

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

Year: ca. 1838
Condition: overall good, wormholes in the right margin and lower corners
Dimensions: 27 x 21,5 cm

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