MIRROR OF THE VAGINA: FIGHT BETWEEN TWO RIVAL WOMEN (Utagawa Toyokuni)

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

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
From the book: Picture Book, Mirror of the Vagina 絵本開中鏡, vol. 2 中
Print subject: A fight between a wife (R) and a concubine (L) over a man. They argue about whether or not to take him home, but both agree that sleeping alone would be sad. As a result, the two end up sharing a cup of sake like sisters and decide that all three of them will sleep together for that night at the mistress’s house.

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

Year: later edition of a work from 1823
Condition: fair
Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

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