春画|Untitled Book of Erotica (Shunga) 春画
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
5 × 6 7/8 in. (12.7 × 17.5 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
2013.848
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世 · 1769–1825
**Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769–1825)** was a pivotal figure in Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printing, renowned for his dynamic depictions of kabuki actors that helped define the genre’s theatrical energy during the late Edo period. Born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a skilled carver of dolls and puppets modeled after kabuki performers, Toyokuni grew up immersed in the world ...