Original Japanese shunga erotic woodblock prints Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 Print title: An Aroused Canine Hero Yatsubusa Assaulting Princess Sasehime 戯言を宗として八総佐世姫に迫る From the shunga book: Koi no Yatsufuji, Nanso Satomi Hakkenden 恋のやつふぢ 男壮里見八見伝 (The Love of Yatsufuji, Amorous Chronicles of the Eight Dog Warriors) vol. 1 巻之一 Koi no Yatsufuji 恋のやつふぢ, published at the New Year in 1837, is a shunga version of Nanso Satomi Hakkendenden 南総里見八犬伝 [The story of eight dog samurai and a princess of Satomi family in Nanso region], the most representative work of Kyokutei Bakin 曲亭馬琴 (also known as Kyokutei Shujin 曲亭主人), originally published in 1814-1842. Both its text and illustrations are clever parodies of the original work. The author’s name is given as Kyokudori Shujin 曲取主人, a perversion of Kyokutei Shujin and is the pseudonym of the gesaku 戯作 writer Hanagasa Bunkyo 花笠文京. The illustrations are by Kōchōshi Matabei 交蝶子又平平, otherwise known as Kunisada 国貞. The title is a version of the “eight tufts of hair-amulets (yatsubusa)” of the dogs in the original work, which appear as such in the main text; but for some reason the term is yatsu fuji in the title. The inside title reads Nanso Satomi Hakkenden 男壮里見八見伝. (Text by Hayashi Yoshikazu 林 美一. Source: The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga 6 Kunisada: Koi no Yatsu Fuji Shuga Book, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1996) Year: about 1837 (Tenpo 8) Condition: good (proper signs of aging, pages glued together - please, look at the pictures) Size: 28 x 23 cm The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.