Utamakura (Utamaro)
Book of woodblock prints by Kitagawa Utamaro / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the print set. For the poetic concept, see Utamakura.
Utamakura (歌まくら, "poem[s] of the pillow") is the title of a 12-print illustrated book of sexually explicit shunga pictures, published in 1788. The print designs are attributed to the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro, and the book's publication to Tsutaya Jūzaburō.