KIYOMITSU Pillar print

Japanese Print Description

Kiyomitsu (I)  (1735-1785)

Beauty Exiting Bath
Signed:  Torii Kiyomitsu ga
Publisher: Eijudo
c 1760s

Hashira-e (piller print).  Very good impression, some fading of colors.  Light overall soiling, some creasing, light backing and other minor flaws. Rare.

An Abuna-e or “Dangerous print” which became fashionable beginning in the 1720s when erotic prints (shunga) came under some pressure from the government.

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