c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style China though in terrific condition

though in terrific condition

and all the more of a mystery

to discover one doll after the next like never ending Christmas

I think the drawing of the elk with sea behind him and the drawing of the two lions in the forest are small masterpieces

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style China though in terrific conditionThis is an unusual, early 20th c. Japanese Shunga (erotic) print I am pretty certain a woodblock, printed on sheer silk which I purchased from a Japanese print seller in California, who also noted the unusualness of the style. Shunga (translation: "picture of spring," "spring" being a euphemism) has a long and fascinating history, both formally (among other influences, Shunga was shaped early on by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals) and in