Object: original Japanese woodblock print (double-page illustration) Genre: abuna-e あぶな絵 dangerous pictures Artist: Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820) From the book: Picture Book, Permissive Tones 艶本免の音色, vol. 3 下 Top inscription: Filled with emotion, my heart a storm of discontent, I gave myself up to sleep, but the flood of my tears was too great to hold back. Now my pillow alone knows the secret of my lovesick heart. おもひあまりせきかねてうらみぬるよのなみだはとこすさまじやひとりたゞまくらにこいぞしらるゝ (from the song cycle Beyond the Clouds 雲の上, translation by Tsuge Gen’ichi 柘植元一) Publisher: Daikodo 大好堂 Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing Year: ca. 1779 Condition: reasonable, significant paper thinnings (particularly in the lower corners), trimmed margins, pages glued together - please look at the pictures Dimensions: 26,5 x 17,5 cm The woodblock print will be well-packaged and shipped by registered mail with a tracking code.