Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) (artist 1797 – 1858)
An amorous couple from volume one of the Edo nishiki Azuma Bunko (江戸錦吾妻文庫)
1850
12.375 in x 9.375 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
National Museum of Asian Art - an earlier, more precise edition from the Pulverer Collection
Kuniyoshi Project - ascribed to Kuniyoshi here It is often difficult to determine who the artist of a shunga piece is. Another copy of this print, but from the Pulverer Collection, is now in the National Museum of Asian Ar where it is ascribed to Hiroshige. However, Dr. William Pearl at his Kuniyoshi Project has chosen to give it over to Kuniyoshi. (See the link above.) For now, we will stay with Hiroshige. This is not an easy decision. If we receive more specific information in the future we will consider changing the attribution.
erotic prints (shunga - 春画) (genre)