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The Lady of a Mercantile House, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō)

Kikukawa EizanLinkedCulture matchlcp-562a97810769

Date: c. 1815
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 119716

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The lady of a prosperous household has been entertaining her lover- at upper left is a porcelain cup decorated with tako karakusa (octopus vine pattern), and a tobacco set. She lays back and flings her arms over her head pulling at her hair and bracing herself. Her lover comments: It feels like an octopus' suckers sticking to my palm. This is truly a high quality vagina. She answers: I feel good, like I've eaten many treats at once. I lack the words to describe it. I'm satisfied time and again, like my forty-four bones are melting. Japan, Asia

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Credit line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, the Louis W. Hill, Jr. Fund, gift of funds from the Asian Art Affinity Group, and the Japanese Art Miscellaneous Purchase Fund

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