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drawing
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shunga
Object Type
drawing
shunga
Museum number
2004,0329,0.3
Description
Preparatory drawing (one of six) for erotic handscroll painting of famous kabuki actors in imagined scenes of lovemaking. Scene of eleven actors fighting with one another to make love to one female. Inscription. Ink on paper.
Producer name
Painted by:
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Tenpo Era
Production date
1832-1835
Production place
Made in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
28.30 centimetres
(irregular shape)
Width:
81 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Clark et al 2013 / Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art
(p. 451)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
kabuki
actor/actress
eroticism/sex
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Israel Goldman
Funder name
Funded by:
Brooke Sewell Bequest
Acquisition date
2004
Department
Asia
Registration number
2004,0329,0.3
Additional IDs
Asia painting number:
Jap.Ptg.Add.1252
(Japanese Painting Additional Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 19 Sep 2013