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Shun: Kabuto-gata, yoroi-gata 春: 甲形, 鎧形 (Spring: Helmet, Armour)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Shun: Kabuto-gata, yoroi-gata 春: 甲形, 鎧形 (Spring: Helmet, Armour)
Description
English: First in a set of four koban-format colour woodblock prints, depicting sex toys of the four seasons.
Date 1818-1830 (early (c. 1822))
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 9 centimetres (each)
Width: 12.50 centimetres (each)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
Accession number
2012,3051.1
Notes ‘Laughter devices’ (warai do-gu) of the title means sex toys. This set of small prints is a catalogue of sex toys for women’s pleasure. They are divided into the four seasons, just like the classification of a classical poetry anthology. And ever mindful of their educational purpose, they give additional advice on the number of times to have sex in each of the seasons in order to stay in good health. There was a traditional saying about the frequency for sex: ‘spring three, summer six, autumn one, winter none’. This meant once every three days in spring, once every six days in summer, once every day in autumn (here it says ‘autumn two’) and not at all in winter. But these pictures say that ‘spring three’ means ‘limit sex to three times’ and ‘summer six’ means ‘limit to six times’. Have they made a mistake? Or are they deliberately trying to make us laugh by writing ‘three times a day’? The picture for spring shows a ‘helmet’ (kabuto-gata) worn over the glans of the penis and ‘armour’ (yoroi-gata) worn around the shaft. Summer shows a ring of sea-cucumber (namako) worn on the penis to make the glans swell bigger, ‘revolving jewels’ (rin no tama) to be placed inside the vagina and a small-sized dildo to be used by virgins. Autumn introduces a leather condom (kawa-gata), described using the foreign word ‘ryurusakku’ (lul zak in Dutch means ‘penis bag’). A device called the ‘jealousy ring’ (rinki no wa), a chastity device for men, is also explained. It was placed around the flaccid penis and matted into the pubic hair. If the man got an erection in front of another woman then he suffered unbearable pain. Since winter was the season for abstaining from sex, the picture shows a large dildo to be used instead. All of the pictures show devices invented for women. [TY]
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