In this print a woman indulges her sweet tooth, devouring a double scoop chocolate chip ice cream as her kimono seductively slides down her shoulders. Having moved to the US amid the postwar boom in consumerism, Masami sensed the danger of the ballooning fast food industry. Here the woman's frenzied expression, and snakelike tongue reaches for a stray drop. He criticizes the popular ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, oe of the many Western franchises that threated native culinary traditions when introduced to Japan.

#MasamiTeraoka (American, b.Japan 1936)
Todays Special, 1977
Series: 31 Flavors Invading Japan
#Woodblockwith thirty-five colors and additional hand coloring. #SFLegionOfHonor