Sode no maki　袖の巻 (Handscroll for the Sleeve), Torii Kiyonaga, circa 1785

Woodblock print, shunga. Court page and lady-in-waiting. The one-night affair between a famous pair of young lovers from history: the youthful ushiwaka-maru (the future warrior hero minamoto no yoshitsune) and princess joruri. Date: circa 1785. Dimensions: Height: 126 mm (Image); Height: 306 mm (Mount); Width: 672 mm (Image); Width: 813 mm (Mount). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Sode no maki 袖の巻 (Handscroll for the Sleeve) (BM OA+,0.135.2 4)

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Sode no maki 袖の巻 (Handscroll for the Sleeve), Torii Kiyonaga, circa 1785

Sode no maki　袖の巻 (Handscroll for the Sleeve), Torii Kiyonaga, circa 1785