Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Lady of a Mercantile House, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō)
Kikukawa Eizan
- Date
- c. 1815
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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