Album, painting, Torii Kiyonobu, between 1711 and 1716

Painting, folding album. Twelve erotic scenes. Ink, colour, gold and silver on paper. The 12 scenes are as follows: 1. Couple in a room open to a moonlit summer landscape (male-female) 2. Mature man and youth in front of a screen painted with willow (male-male) 3. Male-female couple with pillow and discarded robe (male-female) 4. Mature man and youth with bedding and pillow (male-male) 5. Young man and kabuki female role specialist (male-male) 6. Male-female couple with bedding, pillow and screen pasted with calligraphies (male-female) 7. Male-female couple and bedding (male-female) 8. Mature man and youth in front of a screen painted with riverboat scene (male-male) 9. Male-female couple and bedding (male-female) 10. Male-female couple and sleeping mat (male-female) 11. Mature man and youth with display of four hanging scroll paintings and suit of armour (male-male) 12. Man and travelling nun in front of a screen painted with saigyo gazing at mount fuji (male-female). Date: between 1711 and 1716. Dimensions: Height: 351 mm (album cover); Height: 32 centimetres (each); Width: 887 mm (Album open); Width: 442 mm (album cover); Width: 40.90 centimetres (each painting). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Saigyō Hōshi. Collection: British Museum. Album, painting (BM 2011,3049.1.1-12 04)