Erotic Book: Embon futamigata (Last Volume)
- Date:
- Late Edo period, early 19th century
- Medium:
- Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "shunga" book; ink and color on paper
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Two figures shown close together in bust view: a man with a shaved-pate topknot and a woman with an elaborate coiffure held by a large pale patterned headband/cloth, her head resting against his shoulder with eyes closed. She holds an open fan with orange-and-yellow ribs in the foreground; his robe is yellow, hers pink with a purple floral-patterned panel, against a pale blue-grey background. The left page bears the print in muted colors on aged, creased paper; the facing right page is blank paper with faint handwritten archival numbers ("1984.212") in the upper corner. Kitagawa Utamaro, *Erotic Book: Embon futamigata (Last Volume)*, 1867, ukiyo-e woodblock-printed shunga book, ink and color on paper.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Erotic Book: Embon futamigata (Last Volume) was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿) in Late Edo period, early 19th century.