c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror with perfectly aged paint

with perfectly aged paint

Perhaps I project too much

with the snake painted in black against gold and red

adding another gradation to the mix

and while this little skier is not especially unique

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror with perfectly aged paintThis 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