The Place of the Heart, No. 11 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi | Mia

young couple engaged in intercourse in foreground; woman tugs on man's penis; woman wears white kimono and beads around her wrist; young man wears a blue-grey kimono and looks at a bracelet of beads in his PR hand; tiny man standing in LRC; two figures at left walking the dark with a white lantern with red zigzags; text in cloud at top of image, in LRC, above young man and above sword at bottom center — The Place of the Heart, No. 11 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 2014.65.1.11
Not on View
A young couple are nearly discovered at night as they try to have their last encounter before committing double-suicide; Mane'emon contemplates how to prevent the tragedy and resolves to hide the short sword to prevent them from breaking the hearts of their parents.

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Title: The Place of the Heart, No. 11 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: 2014.65.1.11
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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