Namichidori (Plovers above Waves)

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) Namichidori (Plovers above Waves) The complete set of twelve woodblock prints with handcoloring with white mica ground Illustrations: 1. A sexually fulfilled mother with her infant boy 2. Two penniless lovers rendezvous in a private outdoor spot 3. A widow exhausts her young lover; a box of sex toys is in the lower left 4. A passionate matron swoons under the embrace of her young lover 5. A wife instructs her husband how to pleasure her 6. A clownish bathhouse attendant (sansuke) forces himself on a young woman in a corner of a bathhouse; a servant without a purse, he stores his coin in his ear 7. A commoner husband and wife make love on a balmy summer night beneath a mosquito net 8. A young man enjoys a rare meeting with his lover, a popular courtesan 9. Taking advantage of her husband's absence a wife has invited her lover into her bedroom for amusements 10. A female abalone diver and her fisherman lover; the diver tries to dodge her lover's questions inspired by rumors of her infidelity 11. Another commoner wife joyous at her husband's absence calls in her lover 12. A man suckles his pregnant wife, indicated by the sash around her belly Horizontal oban: 9 5/8 x 15 in. (24.4 x 38.1 cm.) each (12)