Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper Japanese Shunga (erotic) print--I am

Japanese Shunga (erotic) print--I am pretty certain a woodblock

and the shape of the bowl

equally good from every side and angle

(The sharp pins would grip the rug as one worked to pull it into place

Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper Japanese Shunga (erotic) print--I amSo fun to find this one the other day, gymnastic exercises a la 1863! It's a scarce one, and made all the better by careful crayon coloring in yellow and green on a number of the excellent illustrations. I especially like seeing a section toward the end where movements of the body were linked to spelling out words, and others specifying the tempo of music, or even specific songs, to which exercise sequences of should be set. Just waiting to be