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Antique Erotic Japanese Image, cat on Pillows browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Folk Art: Dolls and Puppets: Pre 1900: item #814451 Please refer to our stock #MOR2429 when inquiring.
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| A white and black speckled cat rests silently on top of a pile of zabuton pillows, innocent enough until overturned to find the pair of lovers amorously intertwined beneath. This is a tsuchi ningyo, an unfired clay image painted with pigments popular throughout Japanese history. Some of the most famous tsuchi nigyo were from Kyotos Fushimi district. A typical entranceway greeting, images such as this were popular items in the pleasure districts of old Kyoto. As depicting genitalia was illegal, these hidden symbols were made in various forms for the pleasure of the few who were in the know. This is roughly 6 inches (15 cm) square and dates from the late Edo to Meiji periods. It has been broken into two pieces and repaired (see close-up photos). | |||||||||||||
