Artist (attributed, no signature): Suzuki Harunobu [鈴木 春信] (Japanese, c. 1725 – 1770).

The title is taken from [LIB-1478.2013] Gian Carlo Calza, Stefania Piotti. Poem of the pillow and other stories. — Phaidon Press, 2010; pp. 148-9.

Alternative title: Man sucking woman’s breast and a cat sitting under a bonsai tree.

The open book beside the couple reads 子春 (Koharu).

Woodblock print from the series Mirror Picture of Japan (Wakoku kagami); 

Size: Horizontal chuban; 21 x 26 cm.