RARE - 1840 - Gay Shunga - Samurai Homosexuality - Grave Worship
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Authentic Edo period original, c.1840, Japanese erotic art shunga surimono woodblock print picture by an artist of the UTAGAWA School. Shunga picture measures 9.6 cm x 12.7 cm. Very good colors and impressions. Condition is decent+ with some wear, soiling, bit of creasing, and one pinhole at top right. No backing. Please see and judge from photos.
A rare homoerotic, gay (danshoku - homosexual relations within samurai culture) shunga from c.1840 Japan. In this scene, an older, mature samurai (nenja) takes advantage of his younger wakashu (younger servant, receptive partner) during an act of grave worshipping.
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