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

Artist: Utagawa Kuninao 歌川国直 (1793-1854)
From the book: Romantic Stories of a Spring Dawn: The Tale of the Brocade Tree 春曙奇談 錦木草紙, vol. 2 巻之中
Print subject: the country geisha Ohana 田舎芸者お花 raped by three villagers during her elopement

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

Year: 1827
Condition: overall fair
Dimensions: 26,5 x 22,5 cm

Luigi Mascellino - Antique Dealer Permit No. 303291805220 authorized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission