c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror The back side

The back side

I don't know who this man was

with the snake painted in black against gold and red

I'm not especially big on holidays but hanging this one on the wall might me want to sing carols under it all year long

with perfectly aged paint

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror The back sideThis 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