In the Pleasure Quarters, No. 3 from Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love (Shikidō torikumi jūniban)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

In the Pleasure Quarters, No. 3 from Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love (Shikidō torikumi jūniban)

Isoda Koryūsai

Date
c. 1775–77
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

The lovers' bodies curve into each other in ecstasy, her expression and curled toes convey her pleasure. The wave pattern on the closed panels at the upper left and the diamond panel on the backside of a folding screen at the lower right create a sense of enclosure and heightens the intimacy. Japan, Asia

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