couple in foreground engaged in intercourse; man in green kimono pushes a woman in a purple kimono with white flowers and a red and white striped obi to the floor; tiny man in a blue kimono with white dots hiding beneath shallow baskets of leaves at right; seated older man wearing loincloth at right; text at top in cloud, to left of woman, in LRC and to left of tiny man

Sericulture Chamber, No. 10 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, c. 1768-1770

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Mane'emon hides beneath silk worm trays in a farmer's house as a young husband pushes his wife to the floor for a hasty encounter because he is aroused by the Azuma nishiki-e ('brocade pictures from the Eastern capital,’ probably shunga) which his brother brought back as a souvenir from Edo.

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Title
Sericulture Chamber, No. 10 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1
Artist Life
1725 - 1770
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2014.65.1.10
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couple in foreground engaged in intercourse; man in green kimono pushes a woman in a purple kimono with white flowers and a red and white striped obi to the floor; tiny man in a blue kimono with white dots hiding beneath shallow baskets of leaves at right; seated older man wearing loincloth at right; text at top in cloud, to left of woman, in LRC and to left of tiny man