Object: original Japanese woodblock print (double-page illustration) Genre: shunga 春画 erotic art Artist: Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820) From the book: Picture Book, Permissive Tones 艶本免の音色, vol. 3 下 Top inscription: Since we can meet only secretly, my heart is filled with longing. Chika no Shiogama is a place near only in name, the distance which separates us consumes my soul and body. 人め忍ぶ乃中なれはおもひはむねに陸奥の千賀乃塩がま名のみにてへだてゝ身をぞこかるゝ (from the song cycle Song of the Distant Sky 雲井の曲, translation by Tsuge Gen’ichi 柘植元一) Publisher: Daikodo 大好堂 Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing Year: ca. 1779 Condition: reasonable, significant paper thinnings, trimmed margins, pages glued together - please look at the pictures Dimensions: 26,5 x 18 cm The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.