Minnend paar achter kamerscherm, RP-P-1996-85, Sugimura Jihei, 1740 - ca. 1745

Identification title(s): loving couple behind folding screen. Object type: print shunga object number: rp-p-1996-85. Description: naked man and woman, half under a blanket with a bird motif, make love behind a folding screen with a dragon on it. A poem on the right. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: sugimura jihei. Place of manufacture: japan. Dating: 1740 - ca. 1745. Physical characteristics: color woodcut; line block with color blocks. Material: paper technique: color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 136 mm × w 337 mm. Subject: what: coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1996. Date: 1740 - ca. 1745.