c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition found in Haverhill

found in Haverhill

I have to think this kitty indeed spent a good number of years outside

The purpose of a “tip up” is to suspend bait at a set depth

I am pretty certain this is a snuff box

c. 1920s Japanese Shunga Print on Silk in Unusual Modern Style 1972 edition found in HaverhillThis is an unusual, early 20th c. Japanese Shunga (erotic) print I am pretty certain a woodblock, printed on sheer silk which I purchased from a Japanese print seller in California, who also noted the unusualness of the style. Shunga (translation: "picture of spring," "spring" being a euphemism) has a long and fascinating history, both formally (among other influences, Shunga was shaped early on by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals) and in