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5 - Shunga (Spring picture) - Scene 2
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DATE Late 17th century
AUTHOR Unknown artist - Japan
MEDIA Black China ink (sumi) and colors on paper
SIZE Total (with text): 144 x 31 cm (56" 2/3 x 12" 1/8) - Image: 48 x 31 cm (19" x 12" 1/8)
LOCATION Private collection
NOTES Very rare antique Japanese homo-erotic scroll painting in the so-called 'Primitive ukiyo-e' style. Depicted is a very unusual and comic scene of a young noble-man penetrated by an old man (probably a monk!).
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