Ukiyo-e, UTAMARO, 'Michiyuki koi no futusao", homoerotic shunga, Japanese woodblock prints, erotic

Michiyuki koi no futosao vol. 1
Utamaro's famous shunga book (color edition)

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Note: Illustrations of double-pages containing text only are omitted. These are available on request.

3. The lovers Ohan and Choemon

2. Puppet players

1. Actor and spectators
with phalliform heads

6. The lovers Osan and Mohyobe(?)

5. Zenroku prepares to sodomize the
young Hisamatsu, while his lover,
Osome, watches in amazement.

4. The lovers Okoma and Saizaburo

9. Two gangsters kiss one another
while simultaneously having sex with
a courtesan. An episode of anal
intercourse. (* see note below)

8. The lovers Yugiri and Izaemon
Yugiri is remembered as one of the most
beautiful courtesans. Her death in 1678
at the age of 25 inspired kabuki dramas.

7. The lovers Osone and Rokusaburô

* Note to print above left:

For a detailed description of the
scene and its comical aspect, see:
Gary P. Leupp,
'Male Colors - The Construction of
Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan'
University of California Press,
Berkeley, 1995; p. 119-121,
fig. 29; and note no. 84 on p. 257.

10. A female puppeteer.

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