Love Poses in the Narabi Hills (Nure sugata narabi no oka) : [volume 1]

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

A Japanese woodblock picture book of erotic (shunga) scenes attributed to Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764), published in Japan in the eighteenth century and intended for private viewing by adult readers. Its double-page spreads show intimate couples in richly patterned kimono, with brief poem text written in columns beside the figures, all in fine black ink line on plain paper.

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