Scroll on paper, with 12 erotic paintings, including one of two lesbians, in brush & ink and color washes

by Heian Style Erotic Scroll

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Scroll 290 x 5840 mm. including endpapers , silk brocade endpaper at front depicting a pair of Mandarin ducks symbol for fidelity between two people , wooden core roller. Japan: late Edo . A fine erotic scroll with 12 paintings the well-known “set of 12“ format , in vivid coloring, depicting a range of sexual activities. As in many shunga handscrolls, the paintings feature a sequence of lovemaking positions in no apparent order, with no

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