Forced Love, No. 2 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi | Mia

man in black kimono forcibly embracing a young girl in a purple flowered kimono, pinning girl to the floor; tiny man peering through hole in side panel of a bench in URQ; two cats on sill in LRQ; cloud at top with text and text in five areas on left half of image — Forced Love, No. 2 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, c. 1768-1770
Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund 2014.65.1.2
Not on View
Mane'emon's first encounter is to witness a calligraphy teacher taking advantage of a young pupil by forcing himself on her while promising to promote her ahead of her fellow students. She protests: "Oh my master, please let me go." Mane'emon hides beneath the table and expresses his outrage at the teacher's reprehensible behavior: "Poor girl", and points out his large nose- a feature associated with people of an evil nature. As Mane’emon disapproves of the scene, it is left to the cats on the verandah to take up the responsibility of mimicking the action in this print.

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Title: Forced Love, No. 2 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1
Dated: c. 1768-1770
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life: 1725 - 1770
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: Asian Art
Dimension: 8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (20.96 × 29.21 cm) (sheet, horizontal chūban)
Credit: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number: 2014.65.1.2
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Country: Japan
Century: 18th century
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Object Name: Print (shunga)
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Portfolio: From Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon 風流艶色真似ゑもん)
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