Title: A couple making love beside a shamisen, a leaf from Unravelling the Threads of Desire (Negai no ito-guchi)
Object type: Print
Date: 1799
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), from an illustrated erotic book (shunpon); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Horizontal ōban; image: 10 in. × 15 1/8 in. (25.4 × 38.4 cm)
Mat: 15 1/2 × 22 3/4 in. (39.4 × 57.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 1952
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Male Nudes, term: Female Nudes