c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition I have to think this

I have to think this kitty indeed spent a good number of years outside

I'd spread them out on the coffee table and never put them away

Atmospheric and quiet-cozy and feels like Maine

then a thimble fits perfectly over the the top--and all fits snugly inside the tube-like case

sight: 6" diameter

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition I have to think thisThis is an unusual, early 20th c. Japanese Shunga (erotic) print I am pretty certain a woodblock, printed on sheer silk which I purchased from a Japanese print seller in California, who also noted the unusualness of the style. Shunga (translation: "picture of spring," "spring" being a euphemism) has a long and fascinating history, both formally (among other influences, Shunga was shaped early on by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals) and in