Love Poses in the Narabi Hills (Nure sugata narabi no oka) : [volume 2]

Okumura, Masanobu, 1686-1764 · Japan : [producer not identified] · 10 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed erotic picture book (shunga) attributed to Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764), an early Edo-period ukiyo-e artist, published in Japan for a private adult readership. Its double-page spreads pair ink line drawings of couples in interiors with columns of calligraphic text and poetry. A designer might take the flowing contour line, the framing of figures by screens, sliding doors and bedding, and the layout of image beside vertical text.

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