Pleasures of the Aged, No. 7 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi | Mia

older man with his genitals exposed, with an enlarged scrotum, wearing a grey kimono with white patterning and a green, blue and red striped obi, embracing a kissing an older woman wearing a blue kimono with darker blue flower pattern; lower bodies of couple engaged in intercourse visible through netting at left; tiny man in blue and white striped kimono seated of threshold left of center; text at top of image in cloud, above older man and older woman, below tiny man, and at bottom left of center — Pleasures of the Aged, No. 7 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 2014.65.1.7
Not on View
Mane'emon notes a poor old farmer suffering from an enlarged scrotum isn't deterred from kissing his wife when he is inspired by the sound of his son and daughter-in-law's passions behind a mosquito net in the next room.

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Title: Pleasures of the Aged, No. 7 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 5/16 × 11 3/8 in. (21.11 × 28.89 cm) (sheet, horizontal chūban)
Credit: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number: 2014.65.1.7
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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