Peasant Love, No. 6 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Peasant Love, No. 6 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1

Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi

Date
c. 1768–70
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Mane'emon enjoys a tobacco pipe beneath a tree while a samurai wearing a mask takes a young girl by surprise in a rice field. Her parents mistake the masked creature to be associated with Inari, the god of rice, and rather than save her from the assault they reverently pray to the deity. Japan, Asia

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