c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style China In a perfectly suited

In a perfectly suited

I think the drawing of the elk with sea behind him and the drawing of the two lions in the forest are small masterpieces

It's a vessel

though in terrific condition

suggesting various forms to be made

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style China In a perfectly suitedThis 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