A couple making love beside a shamisen, a leaf from Unravelling the Threads of Desire (Negai no ito-guchi)

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1799

A couple making love beside a shamisen, a leaf from Unravelling the Threads of Desire (Negai no ito-guchi)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), from an illustrated erotic book (shunpon); ink and color on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata

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