Authentic Meiji period, c.1895, Japanese erotic art shunga woodblock print picture by an artist of the Hokusai School.  This shunga woodblock print comes from a rare and highly collectible series of 12 shunga designs that has remained particularly popular among collectors, no doubt due in part to its incredible resemblance to the work of the master himself—Hokusai.  The artist has never been conclusively identified, although some have suggested Ikeda Terukata as a possible attribution.
 
Shunga picture measures 26.7 cm x 21.7 cm. Very good colors and impressions, along with the deluxe printing technique, urushi-e (black lacquer), beautifully highlighting the figures' hair.
 
Condition is good with some light wear, pink dye marking, and vertical center fold with slight separation at the bottom/top of it.  Album backing on reverse.  Please see and judge from photos.
 
Collecting Vaginal Fluids — A fascinating shunga scene depicting a man orally pleasuring his female partner, with a vessel carefully positioned beneath her to collect her vaginal fluids.  The subject references an unusual but well-established theme in shunga: the belief that such secretions could be collected for medicinal purposes, longevity, or sexual potency.
 
The composition is particularly interesting because it recalls Hokusai’s famous c.1814 design from Kinoe no Komatsu (Young Pine Saplings), in which a Chinese lover collects vaginal fluid with a ladle—a highly influential shunga design that appeared in numerous later interpretations.  This later treatment of the same unusual subject further demonstrates the strong influence of Hokusai throughout this remarkable series.