Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790–1848)
Treasures Hidden in our Pockets:
An Easy-to-Understand Sex Guide for Obedient Wives
(Kaichū hihō: jiiro haya shinan)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), mid 1830s-early 1840s
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Purchase, Richard Lane Collection, 2003
(2005.0062)

In a parody of earnest sex guides published as woodblock-printed books during the 17th and 18th centuries, Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) reminds viewers that nothing says “I love you” more emphatically than contortionism, the skillful use of a pair of stilts, and a ceiling-mounted hoist.

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