In the Pleasure Quarters by Isoda Koryūsai

In the Pleasure Quarters c. 1775 - 1777

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print, ink, color-on-paper

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toned paper

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childish illustration

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cartoon like

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cartoon based

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print

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japan

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handmade artwork painting

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flat colour

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ink

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color-on-paper

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wedding around the world

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watercolour illustration

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cartoon style

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cartoon carciture

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

The lovers' bodies curve into each other in ecstasy, her expression and curled toes convey her pleasure. The wave pattern on the closed panels at the upper left and the diamond panel on the backside of a folding screen at the lower right create a sense of enclosure and heightens the intimacy.

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