Lot 455: Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)

Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
1785
A pregnant wife rests on her arms to allow her husband to penetrate her carefully from behind, from the extremely rare horizontal hashira-e (pillar print) series Sode no maki (The Sleeve Scroll), very good impression, good colour and condition

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