Licensed Quarter of Yoshiwara, No. 12 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi | Mia

couple at right with man wearing grey cloth over his head, reaching with his PR hand under the folds of young woman's kimono, and holding his PL hand over her breast, while a disapproving older woman at left wearing a green flowered jacket and pink kimono looks on; tiny man wearing grey kimono with white spots seated in a blooming cherry tree in ULQ pulls up the back of his kimono to expose his buttocks while breaking wind; text in cloud at top of image, in ULQ, to right of older woman and above and to right of younger woman — Licensed Quarter of Yoshiwara, No. 12 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 2014.65.1.12
Not on View
In the Kitsugen quarters of the Yurikoku (the land of pleasure), the famous onnagata (female role) actor Segawa Kikunojo II (1741-1773) sits on a verandah while reaching through the folds of a young shinzo (apprentice prostitute) under the displeased gaze of her mentor at the left; Mane’emon watches the encounter and breaks wind to add to the scent of the cherry blossoms.

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Title: Licensed Quarter of Yoshiwara, No. 12 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 7/16 in. (21.11 × 29.05 cm) (sheet, horizontal chūban)
Credit: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number: 2014.65.1.12
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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