In the 1760s, the introduction of full-colour woodblock printing, combined sometimes with the tactile quality of embossed paper, enhanced the sensuality of shunga prints, which are arguably about simple pleasure s.
Series: ' Ehon hana fubuki Picture-book of Flowers in Violent Bloom '.
The subject of this, and the following work, is based on dramatized tales yet based on true stories of ´fated lovers´ who commit double ´love´ suicide.
While rare, there are also extant erotic painted which predate ukiyo-e.