Antique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book Woodblock Print Kimono Edo FL398 yosegi-zaiku Small dark and white stains

Small dark and white stains

This vintage Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku or makimono) features two small birds seated on a plum tree branch

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Cased wooden box

Textured matte paint on paper-wrapped particle board

Antique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book Woodblock Print Kimono Edo FL398 yosegi-zaiku Small dark and white stainsAntique Japanese Shunga Ukiyoe Erotic Art Book This is an antique Japanese Edo period art book of erotic shunga woodblock prints (ukiyoe) titled shunshoku misuji no hikizome. It is the third volume. It contains text and Shunga paintings in color. Shunga is Japanese erotic art made traditionally by ukiyoe woodblock printing. Though these types of images and books are associated with general art as well as personal entertainment, the images in shunga