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Utamakura 歌まくら (Poem of the Pillow) (BM OA+,0.133.1 5), Uploads by copyfraud, Utamakura (Utamaro), Eroticism in the British Museum, paper, Print artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿) : Published by: Tsutaya Juzaburo (蔦屋重三郎), Utamakura 歌まくら (Poem of the Pillow)
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Utamakura 歌まくら (Poem of the Pillow) (BM OA+,0.133.1 5), Shunga, colour woodblock print. No. 1 out of 12 illustrations from a printed folding album (sheets mounted separately). A female diver for abalone shellfish (ama), seated on a rock, observes with a mix of horror and fascination as her companion is set upon and violated beneath the waves by two scaly river creatures called ‘kappa’. This opening image from the album establishes a mood of sexual fantasy, making complicit our own voyeurism.
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歌まくら
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歌まくら印刷された折り紙の12枚のイラストのうち1枚(別に取り付けられたシート)岩の上に座っているアワビ貝の雌ダイバーは、仲間が「カッパ」と呼ばれる2つの色の川生物によって波の下に設定され、侵害されると、恐怖と魅惑の混合物で観察する。このアルバムのオープニングイメージは、セクシャル・ファンタジーの雰囲気を醸し出している。
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