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Newly married couple making love on a summer sleeping mat
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Man and woman making love on a yellow cloth. The man is only clad in a loincloth. The woman's bound hair falls forward onto the floor, next to a comb. Eleventh of thirteen prints from the album Negai no itoguchi (also translated as: The Prelude to Desire).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineJong getrouwd stel, de liefde bedrijvend op een zomerslaapmat. 1799. Kitagawa Utamaro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.