Shunga p3266-p3274. Utagawa Toyokuni.

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Toyokuni I – Great Fold Out Scene – Copulating Animals – c.1820.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769 ~1825).
Date: Early 1820s.Size (closed): 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Size (open): 15 3/4” x 11” inches.
Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color and condition. Some tiny wormholes (tissue backed), slighty backed, some minor wear and soiling.

“A superb fold-out image featuring a discouraged impotent hero surrounded by a female following. When the tabs are opened we can witness his complete transformation into a self-assured man after divine intervention. Among the copulating animals one can distinguish snakes, mandarin ducks, crows, dragonflies, grasshoppers, frogs, chickens, salamanders, dogs, foxes, deers, mouses, dromedaries (as icing on the cake!) and many more....”

It’s clear that the design is from the early 1820s and is most probably by the founder of the Utagawa school himself Toyokuni I. Although is work in shunga is scarce, Toyokuni was among the most prolific creators of images of actors in the early 1800s. His particular style of depicting male actors especially in the facial features (the ‘Toyokuni face’ - toyokunigao) of the male hero in this print are clearly apparent.

Very rare!

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Toyokuni I – Cranes – Suspicious Male – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s.Size: 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Two tiny wormholes (tissue backed), some minor wear and soiling.

“While making love the male protagonist suspiciously looks through the crack of the door. He is holding the hand of his lover who is wearing a red kimono featuring...with... a bat-motif on the collar. The screen painting in the background features a couple of cranes.”

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Toyokuni I – Homoerotic Intermezzo – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 10 4/5” x 8 2/3” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. One tiny wormhole (tissue backed), and minor marks and flaws only.

“A lovely homoerotic scene featuring an adolescent male who is sitting on the lap of a mature man who is penetrating him.”

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Toyokuni I – Inexperienced Male With Older Courtesan – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Some minor staining, marks and flaws.

“A mature courtesan assists the member of an adolescent male while passionately kissing him.”

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Toyokuni I – Rhapsodic Girl – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Two tiny wormholes (tissue backed), minor marks and flaws only.

“An ecstatic young girl graps the leg of her lover while he motivates her g-spot.
They have just finished their dinner as the fish on the plate in the foreground indicates.”

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Toyokuni I – Submissive Young Male – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Some areas with loss of paper due to the use of metallic pigments (tissue backed), minor marks and flaws.

“An adolescent male has been summoned to appear for a deceived husband.”

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Toyokuni I – Cargo Inspection – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 10 4/5” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Some minor staining, minor wear and soiling.

“At night a samurai is checking the cargo of two unsavoury individuals.”

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Toyokuni I – Horny Dogs And Cats – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 6” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. Some tiny pinholes, very minor loss of paper due to the use of metallic pigments, marks and flaws.

“An amusing image featuring copulating cats and horny dogs being observed by a young monk and two female servants.”

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Toyokuni I – Printing Office – c.1820.

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Description:

Original antique Japanese color woodblock attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I ( 1769 ~ 1825 ).
Date: Early 1820s. Size: 6” x 8 1/2” inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments),
very good color and condition. One tiny wormhole (tissue backed), minor marks and flaws.

“A young woman working in a printing office.”

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