Princess Komatsu and the Green Grass of Love
Titles
- Shunga
- Himekomatsu koi no wakakusa
- 姫小松恋若草
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu
(Japanese, 1711 - 1785)
Datec. 1748
GeographyJapan
MediumWoodblock-printed book; ink on paper with hand-coloring
Dimensions5 11/16 x 7 11/16 in. (14.5 x 19.5 cm)
ClassificationsBooks & Manuscripts
Credit LinePurchase, Richard Lane Collection, 2003 (2016-56-059)
Object number2016-56-059
DescriptionPrincess Komatsu (1573-1620) was the adopted child of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), leader of the clans of Eastern Japan who eventually founded a feudal regime to control the entire country throughout the Edo period (1615-1868). Before this unification occurred, however, Ieyasu’s primary rival for political power was Lord Sanada Masayuki (1544-1611) of Shinano province (present-day Nagano Prefecture). In an attempt to ease this conflict, Ieyasu arranged from Komatsu to marry Lord Sanada’s son, but as tensions between Ieyasu and Lord Sanada inevitably reached a boiling point, Princess Komatsu found herself hopelessly trying to mollify both parties, her allegiance torn between her father and her father-in-law. As with many ribald satires, Princess Komatsu and the Green Grass of Love dispenses with the intricacies of this political history and re-imagines it as a variety of erotic encounters.On View
Not on viewCollections
Katsushika Hokusai / Katsukawa Shunrō / Katsushika Taito / Kakō
1838-1849
Kawanabe Kyōsai