c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition that one should have no

that one should have no problem finding a quick use for both

then a thimble fits perfectly over the the top--and all fits snugly inside the tube-like case

found in Haverhill

I'd spread them out on the coffee table and never put them away

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition that one should have noThis 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