Making Love
- Date:
- 1753–1806
- Medium:
- color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36 × 23.8 cm
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Description
This color woodblock print from Utamaro's Edo-period output depicts a scene of physical intimacy. Prints of this type occupied the continuum between mainstream bijin-ga and the explicitly erotic shunga genre, and many were published and circulated without legal restriction in the relatively permissive environment of the eighteenth-century Edo publishing world. The work reflects Utamaro's engagement across the full spectrum of intimate subject matter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Making Love was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿) in 1753–1806.
Making Love depicts craftspeople and daily life.
Making Love measures 36 × 23.8 cm (Oban format).