print; shunga

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Object Type: print; shunga
Museum number: 1972,0724,0.11
Title: Series: Shikido torikumi juniban 色道取組十二番 (Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love)
Description: Colour woodblock print. Shunga. Dalliances in a mixed public bath. Inscribed.
Producer name: Print artist: Isoda Koryusai 磯田湖龍齋
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: An'ei Era
Production date: 1777
Production place: Made in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 26.20 centimetres; Length: 37.80 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Mixed public bathing was not uncommon until outlawed as part of the Kansei Reforms of 1787-93. Koryusai creates a scene of comic prurience as young and old of both sexes regard one another with open curiosity. This is the last of twelve plates likening sexual positions to wrestling holds. (Label copy, TTC 1997)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: eroticism/sex; baths/bath-house
Acquisition name: Donated by: Lady Kelly
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Gerald Kelly; Previous owner/ex-collection: John Wheatley; Previous owner/ex-collection: Philip Wilson Steer; Previous owner/ex-collection: John Singer Sargent
Acquisition date: 1972
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1972,0724,0.11
Conservation: Treatment: 02 Nov 1998

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