c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror adding another gradation to the

adding another gradation to the mix

The back side

I'm not especially big on holidays but hanging this one on the wall might me want to sing carols under it all year long

and while this little skier is not especially unique

I don't know who this man was

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror adding another gradation to theThis is an unusual, early 20th c. Japanese Shunga (erotic) print I am pretty certain a woodblock, printed on sheer silk which I purchased from a Japanese print seller in California, who also noted the unusualness of the style. Shunga (translation: "picture of spring," "spring" being a euphemism) has a long and fascinating history, both formally (among other influences, Shunga was shaped early on by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals) and in