Sericulture Chamber, No. 10 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Sericulture Chamber, No. 10 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 hides beneath silk worm trays in a farmer's house as a young husband pushes his wife to the floor for a hasty encounter because he is aroused by the Azuma nishiki-e ('brocade pictures from the Eastern capital, ’ probably shunga) which his brother brought back as a souvenir from Edo. Japan, Asia

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