Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Abalone divers, from the erotic album Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)
Woodcut of an abalone diver raped by scaly river monsters (kappa) as her companion looks on in horror and fascination, from the album Utamakura published by Tsutaya Juzaburo--good impression, gauffrage, color faded, center fold, restored tears, soil and stains
oban yoko-e: 23.1 x 36.1cm.