Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木春信, c. 1725–1770); British museum attributes the print to Ippitsusai Buncho (一筆斉文調).
Signed: Unsigned
Publisher: Not identified
Date: c. 1770
Media: Nishiki-e (multi-colored woodblock print), chūban format, 216 × 284 mm
Interior scene with a reclining female figure. A woman lies on a green tatami floor, partially disrobed and covered with a brown blanket decorated with white chrysanthemums. Her legs and lower body are exposed, and her kimono is loosely open, revealing a red undergarment beneath an outer robe of green patterned with yellow arrowheads. She appears asleep or daydreaming, with a visualized memory or fantasy emerging from her mouth as a white dream cloud. Within the cloud, a couple—the woman wearing the same green arrowhead robe—is shown engaged in sexual intercourse, suggesting the scene may depict a recollection or imagined version of herself.
To the left, a single chrysanthemum stands in a vase near a partially opened shōji screen. The background wall is decorated with blossoming paulownias (桐). A folding fan rests near the woman’s pillow, inscribed in cursive calligraphy along with two kanji characters: 中画 (Chūga) or possibly 中車 (Chūsha).
Reference: BM OA+,0.126
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Japanese prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Fine art , Woodblock print |
| Period | 18 AD , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) , Mid-18th century |
| Country | Japan |
| Media/Technique | Woodblock print , Woodblock print (nishiki-e) |
| Size | Chuban , Horizontal chuban |
| Subject | 18th century , Dreaming , Erotica , Japan , Japanese woodblock prints , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality , Shunga |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1770 |
| Acquisition year | 2015 |
