c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror with the snake painted in

with the snake painted in black against gold and red

I'm not especially big on holidays but hanging this one on the wall might me want to sing carols under it all year long

There is a fine crease that runs horizontally across the center

The back side

Perhaps I project too much

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style bevelled glass handmirror with the snake painted inThis 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