Liefdespaar bij muskietennet, Katsushika Hokusai, 1815 - 1823

Title(s)

Liefdespaar bij muskietennet
De Adonis plant (series title)
Fukujuso (series title)

Object type

• print
• shunga

Serial number

9/12

Object number

RP-P-2008-11

Description

Verstrengeld en zoenend koppel, naakt, liggend met arm op hoofdkussen; bij groen muskietennet.

Artist

• print maker: Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

1815 - 1823

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 256 mm × width 385 mm

What

• coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse
• mosquito netting, screens

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds and the Goslings NieuwBeerta Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1-Jan-2008

Copyright

Public domain

• Poem of the pillow and other stories by Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and other artists of the Floating World, Gian Carlo Calza, p. 360-367
• Shunga, p. 220-223, cat.nr. 59
• Japanese erotic fantasies, Chris Uhlenbeck, p. 159, cat.nr. 55
• Fukujuso, 1760-1849 Hokusai, 30, 31, cat.nr. 9