A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) : [volume 1]
A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring is a Japanese illustrated book of erotic prints, volume 1, made by the woodblock artist Utagawa Kunisada in 1850 for a popular Edo-period readership. The pictures are colour woodblock prints set in interiors, gardens and boats, with dense calligraphy and patterned borders, offering a designer examples of layered pattern, flat colour blocks and textile-like kimono designs; the final page shows printed text framed by stylised chrysanthemum-like motifs.
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![Picture 3 of 11 from A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) : [volume 1] (1850), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_20856-3-1.webp)
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![Picture 9 of 11 from A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) : [volume 1] (1850), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_20856-15-1.webp)
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