{"product_id":"woodblock-print-reprint-abuna-e-kikukawa-eizan-1787-1867-lovers-smoking-a-kiseru-pipe-1920s-japan","title":"Woodblock print (reprint), Abuna-e - Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) - Lovers Smoking a Kiseru Pipe - 1920s - Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWoodblock print (reprint), Abuna-e - Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) - Lovers Smoking a Kiseru Pipe - 1920s - Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFine woodblock print of the 1920s, reproduction of a work made between 1800 and 1830 by Kikukawa Eizan (菊川英山), the most prolific, longest-lived and ultimately the best of the late followers of Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿), who attempted to carry on the style of the famous ukiyo-e (浮世絵) artist after the death of the latter, occurred in 1806.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe print presented here, depicting a pair of lovers smoking a traditional kiseru (煙管) pipe, is an \"abuna-e\" (あぶな絵), literally a \"dangerous image\", which does not have the explicit nudity of shunga (春画) but which, at the same time, maintains an extremely explicit and suggestive erotic charge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work on Japanese washi paper (和紙), despite the obvious patina of the time, is in overall very good condition (see pictures).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754539417938,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/fcc0ce1f-34a5-465a-a297-49a1605f47fd.jpg?v=1761841294","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/woodblock-print-reprint-abuna-e-kikukawa-eizan-1787-1867-lovers-smoking-a-kiseru-pipe-1920s-japan","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}