Ukiyo-e: Kitagawa Utamaro (1753--1806)
It looks like at least one of my Japanese tea mugs was inspired by the prints of Kitagawa Utamaro (wiki).
This is one of his prints (the one on one of my mugs):
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His artwork is beautiful. A lot of it is very erotic. I'll let you find those on your own!
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Ukiyo-e (浮世絵 literally "pictures of the floating world") (wiki)
This is one of his prints (the one on one of my mugs):
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His artwork is beautiful. A lot of it is very erotic. I'll let you find those on your own!
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Ukiyo-e (浮世絵 literally "pictures of the floating world") (wiki)