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RARE - 1857 - Kunisada - Gay Erotic Art - Wild Shunga Book - 74 Picture Pages!

RARE - 1857 - Kunisada - Gay Erotic Art - Wild Shunga Book - 74 Picture Pages!

SKU : ken504

Utagawa Kunisada Original Edo Period Shunga Book loaded with a number of wild erotic scenes titled, Kiso kaidō tabine no temakura — (A Traveler’s Pillow on the Kiso Highway), which also includes ONE Nanshoku (Homoerotic) Scene.  Shozan also did a shunga book in similar fashion, clearly influenced by his predecessor's here.

 

Artist / Author:  Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)

  • Formal title of series: Kiso kaidō tabine no temakura — (A Traveler’s Pillow on the Kiso Highway),

  • Date:  Ansei era, 4th year 1857

  • Format/Medium: Woodblock-printed shunga ehon (picture book)

  • Size: 18 × 12 cm (approximately)

 

Very good impressions.  Condition is very good with some minor wear and soiling, loose binding string at bottom portion of book.  Please judge from the photos provided.

  

74 shunga picture pages within - every page is a shunga picture page!  No kanji text pages to note of.  The one gay shunga scene has a highlighted close-up to distinguish it.  Not all pictures are shown here.  This is quite a wild erotic art book covering almost everything imaginable.  

 

For additional homoerotic artwork we have in store, please click here.

 

To see our odd shunga artworks, please click here.

 

 

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