Tenugui-kake kihan 手拭掛帰帆 (Returning Sail at the Towel Rack), Suzuki Harunobu, circa 1768

Colour woodblock print. Shunga. Lovers embracing in room by garden, the middle-aged man is having his beard plucked by the young woman; their faces are reflected in mirror. Poem. The subject is a parody of zashiki hakkei (eight views of interiors) which is based on sho sho hakkei(eight views of the xiaoxiang rivers). Date: circa 1768. Dimensions: Height: 20.40 centimetres; Width: 27.90 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Tenugui-kake kihan 手拭掛帰帆 (Returning Sail at the Towel Rack) (BM 1937,0710,0.41 1)