当世小紋帳; Komoncho Ge 小紋帳 下|Volume 3 of Unknown Erotic (Shunga) Set (Tōsei komonchō)
after 1859
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (25 × 17.2 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.760
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Tōsei Komonchō (Volume 3): A Playful Shunga Masterpiece by Utagawa Kuniyoshi** into the vibrant world of late Edo-period Japan with *Tōsei komonchō* ( Small Pattern Book), Volume 3 of an unknown erotic shunga set by ukiyo-e artist Utagawaiyoshi (1797–1861). Created after 185, this woodblock-printed captures the floating world of pleasure and intimacy, featuring men and women in candid, exuberant encounters. Kuniyoshi, renowned for his dynamic warrior prints and whimsical cat depictions, infused shunga—Japan's celebrated genre of erotic art—with his signature bold lines and imaginative flai...
About the Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (Japanese) · 1797 –1861
Japanese, 1797–1861