『閨の雛形』　正月, Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata

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『閨の雛形』　正月, Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1736–44, Japan, Hand-colored woodblock illustration; ink and color on paper, H. 9 9/16 in. ( cm); W. 14 1/4 in. ( cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), The source of red for beni-e coloring, as shown here, was safflower (benibana). Beautifully hand-colored prints like this one clearly foretell the technique of multicolored brocade prints invented by Suzuki Harunobu in 1765

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