Visit by the Fan Salesman
Titles
- Shunga
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
(Japanese, 1725 - 1770)
Publisher
Unknown
(Japanese)
Datec. 1770
GeographyJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
Dimensions7 11/16 x 9 11/16 in. (19.6 x 24.6 cm)
Other (mat): 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Other (frame): 15 1/16 × 20 1/16 × 1 1/4 in. (38.3 × 51 × 3.2 cm)
Other (mat): 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Other (frame): 15 1/16 × 20 1/16 × 1 1/4 in. (38.3 × 51 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of James A. Michener, 1991 (24668)
Object number24668
DescriptionNot unlike the plumbers or pizza-delivery boys found in contemporary Western erotica, in the early Edo period (1615-1868), fan-sellers, identified by their distinctively shaped wooden cases, and other door-to-door salesmen were frequently featured in tales of sexually unsatisfied housewives or libidinous domestic servants. Harunobu commends this young man for observing proper decorum: before entering the house and seducing the resident wet nurse, he removed his sandals, which are shown lying on the stone patio.On View
Not on viewCollections
Charles W. Bartlett
Katsushika Hokusai / Katsukawa Shunrō / Katsushika Taito / Kakō
c. 1798
