| | Stockno.: | 20-134 | Artist: | Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川 春湖 (active 1780-95) | Description: | Couple beside a brazier.An eager man firmly grasps the wrist of his lover. With the brazier in the background and no bedding in sight, it seems the scene is set outside of the bedroom. The text reads: I don't want to do it here, please let's go to the bedroom and let my hand go! Her lover impatiently replies: Here or there, but I'm about to go inside you, moving is impossible. A benigirai-e (avoid red print: prints avoiding bright vermillion, using quieter colour combinations making for refined prints, many of which were produced in the late 18th century) with metallic printing on the brazier (hibachi) and obi (sash on the kimono). c. 1788 | Signed: | Unsigned | Size: | oban yoko-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 1100 SOLD | Reference: | | | | |
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