Authentic Edo period original, c,1850, Japanese erotic art shunga woodblock print picture of the Utagawa School. 
 
An extremely rare, 6 page-fold-out shunga picture measuring 60 cm x 15.4 cm when all six panel pages are fully opened and spread out revealing one massively long and incredible orgy. 
 
Very good colors and impressions.  Also some deluxe printing techniques such as urushi-e (black lacquer), and plenty of gold mica (gold metallic pigments). 
 
Condition is good with some wear and soiling due to age.  Bit of fraying at the furthest sides of the picture.  Please see and judge from photos. 
 
A spectacular six-page panoramic shunga masterpiece from the Utagawa school, circa 1850 (late Edo period) — an extraordinary fold-out orgy scene teeming with life, color, and sensual energy.  Spanning over half a meter in length, this rare composition depicts dozens of intertwined lovers in a sweeping, dreamlike procession — a riot of movement and intimacy rendered in the vivid palette and dynamic linework characteristic of the Utagawa atelier.  The sheer scale and density of figures make it one of the most ambitious erotic works of its era, capturing both the exuberance and theatricality that defined Edo’s pleasure culture.  Genuine multi-sheet shunga of the 6-page magnitude (typically, when they are found, they lie in the two to four page panel range) are seldom seen outside major museum collections.