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Hokusai
Katsushika (1760-1849)
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ANTIQUE
WOODBLOCK PRINTS
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Shunga,
Japanese woodblock print, Hokusai, Kunisada,
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p1812
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Oban Shunga
- Hokusai - Lacquer Tray - c.1820s.
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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock attributed
to Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga
(Erotic print).
Date: c.1820s. Oban yoko-e size: 14 1/2"
x 10" inches. Very good impression,
color and condition.
Faint vertical centerfold, very slightly faded,
minor marks and flaws. No repairs and virtually
full size.
A couple making
love near sliding doors, a lacquer tray with
haircombs to the side, inscriptions above and to
the left.
It also suggested that this print might have been
made by a pupil of Hokusai, Katsushika Hokuichi
(active 1804-1830).
Reference:
Another (more trimmed) impression of
this design was sold at the Asian
Ceramics and Works of Art at Christie's in
A'dam on Tuesday 8 May 2001 (Illus.10 on p.13).
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p1736
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Shunga
Masterpiece - Hokusai - Models Of Loving Couples - c.1812.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1812-14.
Oban yoko-e size: 14 1/4" x 9 1/3" inches. Series: '(Ehon)
tsui no hinagata (Models of Loving Couples)'.
Very good impression, color and condition. Very slight
centerfold, some trimming and very small repair but generally
in a very good state. Wonderful printed details such as
metallic pigments and embossing.
The lovers at this print look
at the screen as if they've been caught by someone peering at
them from behind it.
A virtuoso technique can be noted in the design of the fabrics
with the pattern of small squares and intersecting lines. The
portrayal of the woman with her hair down is unusual in
shunga. Another uncommon erotic signifier in this design is
the man biting in the towel hanging over his head, expressing
a suppressed emotion (normally in shunga this is a
woman's gesture!), giving him a less dominant role.
Spoken text on this
design: Plate
10 " From Models of Loving Couples''
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Two
versions of this design are depicted in I. Goldman
catalogue 4 and 11, respectively fig. 9 and 18.
Fukuda 'Ukiyo-e no higiga' Vol.1, p.102.
Calza, 'Hokusai', Fig. IV.10, p.208. |
On this plate:
"Pl.10: Here we come to
another of the acknowledged masterpieces of the series. As we
have already cited, the furtive rendezevous is a frequent
theme in shunga, lending an element of suspense that serves to
heighten the emotional impact of the situation. In this
notable scene we glimpse a lover's secret, hurried visit to
his paramour.
He glances furtively to the left; she has just come from the
bath, after washing her long hair.
The undulating waves of
kimono-pattern, white flesh and raven hair echo the urgency of
the occasion. And again, the larger format of the υban
print permits more simplification of composition than is to be
found in Hokusai's equally-famed shunga book-illustrations of
the same period. (Netsuke aficionades will again be delighted
at the sight of their favorite object, at the man's sash -- in
this case, of the simple kagami-buta variety --
depicted in real life, so to speak..." (Richard Lane in
Vol.13 of The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga )
On this series:
"(Ehon) tsui no
hinagata is one of Hokusai's first full-size υban
print albums of erotica, and its title underscores the
difficulties in the translation of many shunga book titles.
The word tsui can be interpreted as 'couple' or
'male and female pairs'. It is also possible that
Hokusai intended a wordplay as the word tsui (written
here tsuhi) can also be pronounced tsubi, an archaic term for
'vulva'.
Richard Lane's translation Patterns
of Loving Couples does not acknowledge this underlying
sexual connotation, nor does Hayakawa Monta's less suggestive
title Interlocking Patterns (Hayakawa and Arell 2002:
67). Hinagata can refer to kimono patterns, but it can also
denote 'sample'. All these levels of semantic meaning should
be reflected in the translation, taking into consideration the
innocent images of loving couples and the cruder 'samples of
vulvas'.
One of the plates in the work
is signed 'Shishoku Gankυ'. This has been interpreted
as a pseudonym for Hokusai, even though this theory cannot be
substantiated". (Chris Uhlenbeck in 'Japanese Erotic
Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period').
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p1652 - 650
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Katsushika
Hokusai - Surimono - Candy Seller - c.1805.
Description:
Antique
Japanese woodblock print by Hokusai (1760-1849). Surimono (Commisioned
print). Date: c.1805.
Title: 'Odawara Gairo-uri'. Size: 6 3/4" x 5" inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some slight browning, marks and flaws. Magnificently detailed
piece with metallic pigments and gauffrage.
A gairo (corrupted from the word uiro,
a Japanese sweet made from rice-powder) seller sound the praises
of his merchandise.
This scene also depicts a part from the kabuki play 'Wakamidori
Ikioi Soga'. In this play the long words used by the gairo seller
to allure his customers are famous tongue twisters.
p1554
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Turkeys
- Taito (Hokusai) - Flower And Bird Sketches - c.1848.
Description:
Antique Japanese
color woodblock print by Taito (aka. Hokusai). Date: c. 1848-'49.
Series: 'Kacho Gaden' (Flower And Bird Sketches). Size: 8
3/4" x 7 1/2" inches.
Fine impression, color and condition. Very minor marks and
flaws.
Nice
depiction of two female turkeys.
The wonderful scenes from
'Kacho Gaden' are simply depicted in beautiful tones of soft gray
and black,
accented with touches of pale pink. The British Museum of
Fine Arts also has this set in their collection.
Images from this excellent series are rather unknown. Very
rare !
p1553 - 175
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Mandarin
Ducks - Taito (Hokusai) - Flower And Bird Sketches - c.1848.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock print by Taito (aka. Hokusai). Date:
1848-'49.
Series: 'Kacho Gaden' (Flower and Bird Sketches). Size: 8
3/4" x 7 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and
condition.
Very minor marks and flaws.
Wonderfully
detailed depiction of a male and female mandarin duck on a snowy
branch.
Published in
1848-'49 in two volumes, Hokusai's "Kacho Gaden," depicts
beautiful illustrations of birds and flowers throughout the seasons.
These appealing designs are drawn with dashing calligraphic line
work, much like traditional sumi ink paintings. Hokusai captures
birds in flight or perched on flowering branches, looking for a
place to hide in snow-covered trees or searching for food. Very
rare !
p1396
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Hokusai
- Shunga c.1821
Courtesan
and Client
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Description:
Antique
original Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
p1395
- 335 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Sake - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique original
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
p1394
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Hokusai
- Shunga c.1821.
Courtesans
Osane and Otsubi
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Description:
Antique
original Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
p1393 - 
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Anal Ecstacy - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
Shunga
scenes involving anal intercourse are rare !
p1392 - 625
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Sex Toy
c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
A
striking scene with the man wearing a sex toy to enhance the
female's orgasm !
p1391 -
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Copulating Mice - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
An
comical scene with the couple watching two copulating mice.
This specific detail was used by Hokusai in more shunga designs !
p1390 - 575
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Peeking Girl - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, two very tiny repaired wormholes (margin),
marks and flaws.
Design from Hokusai's celebrated series "Manpuku
Wagojin" (Gods of Intercourse).
A
masturbating girl is watching an intimate couple !
p1389 - 575
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Insatiable Client - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique Japanese
color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic picture). Date:
c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression (with
gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of Intercourse).
In
the back an exhausted courtesan rests while an insatiable client is
having intercourse with on of her colleagues in the room next to
hers !
p1388 - 675
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Rape - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, two very tiny repaired wormholes (margin),
very minor marks and flaws.
Design from Hokusai's celebrated series "Manpuku
Wagojin" (Gods of Intercourse).
Two
palanquin bearers are about to rape a courtesan !
p1387 - 550
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Orgasm
c.1821.
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Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression
(with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.
Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from Hokusai's
celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
A
woman in what appears to be the moment before orgasm, holding her
arms tightly around her lover !
p1386 - 525
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Hokusai
- Shunga
Young
and Old Couple - c.1821.
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Description:
Antique Japanese
color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic picture). Date:
c.1821. Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine
impression (with gauffrage and metallic pigments), color and very
good condition. Very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Design from
Hokusai's celebrated series "Manpuku Wagojin" (Gods of
Intercourse).
An
older woman forces her man to watch the intimate performance of a
younger couple !
p1323 - 515
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Hokusai
- Two Courtisans Osane & Otsubi
Gods
Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches.
Series:' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine impression,
very good color and condition.
Some very tiny binding holes (margin only!), marks and flaws.
Look at the sensual expression on Otsubi's face holding a tissue
between her teeth !
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1324 - 315 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Couple - Gods Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches.
Series:' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine impression,
very good color and condition. Some very tiny binding holes (margin
only!), minor soiling and rubbing. Minor marks and flaws.
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1325 - 600 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- On Top - Gods Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches.
Series:' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine impression,
very good color and condition. Some very minor soiling and rubbing.
Minor marks and flaws.
The younger couple in the foreground having passionate intercourse
while the other couple apparently are sleeping !
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1322 - 685 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Passionate Woman - Gods Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches.
Series: ' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine impression,
very good color and condition. Some very minor soiling and rubbing.
Minor marks and flaws.
A lovely scene representing a loving couple in a very unusual
position with the woman resting her feet on the man's breast. Look
for the aroused peeking woman in a secluded room in the background
with her left arm underneath the undergarment !
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1321 - 600 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Sexual Bliss - Gods Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5"
inches. Series:' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine
impression, very good color and condition. Some very minor soiling
and rubbing, marks and flaws.
Partially covered by heavy bedding two lovers enjoy themselves
accentuated by the tissue the woman is holding !
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1320 - 850 - US$ Currency
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Rare
Hokusai - Doggy Style - Street Corner
Gods
Of Intercourse - c.1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1821. Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches.
Series:' Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin), Fine impression,
very good color and condition. Some very minor soiling, marks and
flaws.
In another shunga design depicting dogs from Hokusai series 'The
Horny God of Izumo' (En-musubi Izumo no sugi), two lovers are
unconciously emulating "dog fashion" while in this scene
the intimate couple and the copulating dogs are depicted in opposite
directions of each other!
The artist Keisai Eisen mimicked the position of this couple in one
of the designs of his well-known shunga parody 'A Light Spring Snow'
(Haru no usuyuki) published in 1822.
More
info on this magnificent shunga series by Hokusai you can find on
the following page: p644
p1336 -
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Anatomical Close-up - c.1814.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1814.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches. Fine impression,
very good color and condition. Very minor soiling.
Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no komatsu'
(Languishing for Love aka Young Pine Saplings)
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Female Close-up Portrait - c.1814.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1814.
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" inches. Fine impression, very
good color and condition. Very minor soiling. Okubi-e (Close-up
portrait).
Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no komatsu' (Languishing
for Love aka Young Pine Saplings).
A
courtisan holding a tissue between her teeth !
p1334 - 600 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Relaxing - c.1814.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1814.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression, very
good color and condition.
Very minor soiling. Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no
komatsu' (Languishing for Love akaYoung Pine Saplings)
A
very subtle depiction of a relaxing couple attracting the viewer's
eye to three areas of activity !
p1332 - 600 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Boat Scene - c.1814.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1814.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression, very
good color and condition.
Very minor soiling. Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no
komatsu' (Languishing for Love aka Young Pine Saplings)
Boats
were the primary means of transport in the Yoshiwara (brothel)
district and sex abroad a boat is a recurring theme in shunga !
p1330 - 575 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Undergarment - c.1814.
Description:
Antique Japanese color
woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic picture). Date:
c.1814.
Size: 10 3/4" x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression, very
good color and condition. Very minor soiling.
Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no komatsu' (Languishing
for Love/Young Pine Saplings).
This design has a striking resemblance to the design of p1331 !
Look
for the crumpled undergarment on the belly of the woman which was a
typical trademark of Hokusai adding a special effect !
p1329 - 1050 - US$ Currency
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Hokusai
- Shunga - Lesbians - Harigata - Dildo - c.1814.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1814.
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 3/4" inches. Fine impression, very
good color and near fine condition. Very minor soiling only.
Subject:
Two women having sex while one of them is wearing a harigata
(dildo).
Design from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no komatsu' (Languishing
for Love/Young Pine Saplings).
Together
with Eiri's design of "Models of Calligraphy" (see Shunga
page 3) this is probably the most well-known lesbian design in
Ukiyo-e !
p1319 - 1200 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai - Shunga - Gods of Intercourse - Rape -
Merchant's
Daughter - 1821.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: 1821.
Series:' Manpuku Wagojin' (Gods of Intercourse). Size: 10 3/4"
x 8 2/5" inches. Fine impression, color and very good
condition. Very minor soiling and rubbing, some very small thinning
spots. Literature: Calza: Hokusai, p.211 (IV.13).
Unlike other erotic books, which concentrate on tales of the
pleasure quarters, Manpuku Wagojin is an example of the enpon
(erotic tales in colour) form and describes stories concerning
ordinary men and women. In this case the story involves Osane,
daughter of the rich merchant Sazayama Arisuke, and Otsubi, daughter
of the ruined merchant Kawanuya Hinbei.
The tale is an ironic variation of moralistic stories: Otsubi learns
to take advantage of her sexual attraction in order to gain an
important position in society, while Osane, who grew up without a
proper awareness of her own femininity end up as a depraved
prostitute. The explicitly anti-Confucian message is that the
achievement of a certain social status depends entirely on one's
skill in exploiting sexual recources.
This design shows Osane at the lowest stage of prostitution. She is
reduced to streetwalking and is shown here spread-eagled on the
ground after a group-rape. In spite of the brutality of the act, the
picture in fact suggests that Osane has experienced a certain
pleasure, underlined by the number of paper handkerchiefs strewn
around her, conventionally used in erotic prints to suggest female
satisfaction. The tousled hair indicates her depraved nature and is
a sign that she will come to a sorry end.
Like
Hokusai's famous "Octopus"-design this shocking scene
creates a same ambivalent feeling and is among Hokusai's best work
in shunga !
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Hokusai
- c.1814. Famous
Shunga Masterpiece
Diving
Girl With Octopus.
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Description:
Extremely rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 6 1/2" x 8
3/4" inches. Date: c.1814.
Fine (early) impression, color and condition. Very minor soiling.
Full size.
Title: "Diving Girl
Ravished by Octopuses". A.k.a. "The Dream of the
Fisherman's Wife".
Series: "Kinoe no komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young
Pine Saplings).
"In Hokusai's most famous shunga, a large octopus performs
cunnilungus on a woman abalone diver or ama, and a smaller one,
perhaps his offspring, kisses her and fondles one of her nipples
with a tentacle. This print is testimony to how our interpretation
of an image can be distorted when seen in isolation and without
understanding the text. A recent study by Danielle Talerico (2001:
24-42) explains that this image was initially considered by Western
collectors and scholars like Edmund de Goncourt, Jack Hillier and
Richard Lane to represent a rape scene. Talerico's study shows that
an Edo audience would have associated the image with the story of
Tamatori. In the legend, the abalone diver Tamatori sacrifices her
life to save the Emperor by cutting open her breast, where she hides
the jewel she has stolen from the Sea-Dragon King in his underwater
Dragon Palace. The Sea-Dragon King is accompanied by all nature of
sea creatures, including octopuses. The dialogues between the two
creatures and the diver express mutual sexual enjoyment (see
Talerico 2001: 37, for a complete translation)". (p. 161 in
'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel)
"This illustration, of a woman with two octopuses, twin incubi,
has lost none of his power to disturb (...) Despite the considerable
amount that has been written about this work, all attempts to
interpret and elucidate it end up by revealing more about the writer
than about the original work. It remains one of those designs which
require neither advocacy nor analysis in order to work its
mysterious effect". (p.249 in 'Shunga, the Erotic Art of Love
in Japan' by Tom and Mary Evans)
"...On the right, a large octopus ravishes the girl with
androit cunnilungus, while a smaller octopus (his son?) assists
earnestly at the left. Yet however bizarre the concept, the effect
is neither comic nor pornographic; in this fantasy of a passionate
shell diver, we discover a new facet of Hokusai's genius and a
consummate work of erotica". (Richard Lane - 'Love's
Labour's Found: The Erotic Art of Hokusai)
"The most beautiful Japanese erotic print that I know is truly
frightening: it is of a Japanese woman mounted by an octopus; with
its tentacles, the horrible beast sucks the tips of her breasts and
rummages in her mouth, while its head drinks from her lower parts.
The almost superhuman expression of agony and sorrow - which
convulses this long, graceful female figure with aquiline nose - and
the hysterical joy - which emanates at the same time from her
forehead, from those eyes closed as in death - are admirable".
(J.K. Huysman - 1889)
" ...a terrifying plate...the nude form of a woman, swooning
with pleasure..." (Edmond de Goncourt)
Perhaps
Hokusai's Octopus design is the most coveted erotic print in the
history of Art !
|
p1250 - 70 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Sambosso Dancer - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Very minor soiling. Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1251 - 50 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Early Spring - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and good condition.
Browning. Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1249 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Woodcutters - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1255 - 285
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Famous
Hokusai - Manga
Blind
Man Measuring Elephant - c.1818.
Description:
Famous
original Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'. Date: c.1818/'19 (First edition).
Size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" inches. Very good
impression, color and condition. Minor marks and flaws only.
Reference: Illustrated
on p.75 in 'Hokusai' by Gian Carlo Calza.
|
|
p1247 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Way To Enlightenment - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1248 - 140 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Blind Men Crossing River
c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1245 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Rain - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1246 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Carrying Pole - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1243 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Travellers In Rain - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1244 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Manzai (Performers) In The Snow
c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1241 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Confucian Virtues - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1242 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Water Wheel - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1239 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Preparing Steamed Rice Cakes
c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1240 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Priests & Demons - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1237 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Bridge - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1238 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Chinese Bookshop - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1235 - 140 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Sudden Rain - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1236 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Fishermen - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1233 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Sunrise - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya. Good impression, color and very good
condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1234 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Washing - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya.
Good impression, color and very good condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1231 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Resting Place - c.1849.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya. Good impression, color and very good
condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
p1232 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Gafu - Herdsmen - c.1849.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: ' Hokusai gafu ' (Hokusai Picture Album).
Date: c.1849. Size: 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" inches.
Publisher: Nagoya. Good impression, color and very good
condition.
Minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1185 - 80 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Herons - Sparrows - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1186 - 60 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Smoking - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1183 - 55 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Clouds - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1184 - 60 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Ape - Scroll - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some
very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1181 - 55 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Mountain Village - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1182 - 55 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Villages - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1179 - 60 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Mountain - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1180 - 50 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - TwoViews - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1177 - 70 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Travellers In Rain - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1178 - 55 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Rocks - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1175 - 75 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Travellers In Snow - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1176 - 60 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Horse - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1173 - 70 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Goose - Sparrow - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1174 - 65 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Chicken - Heron - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1171 - 80 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Warrior - Demon - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1172 - 65 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Wind - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 9" x 5 1/5"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1169 - 140 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Panoramic View - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1170 - 140 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Four Landscapes - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1167 - 145 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Wise Men - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1168 - 135 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Priests - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1165 - 115 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Two Demons - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1166 - 140 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Kintaro - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1163 - 110 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Children - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1164 - 145 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Old Man - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1161 - 115 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Octopus-Crabs - Shrimps
c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1162 - 100 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Octopus - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1159 - 160 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Wild Boars - Rabbits - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1160 - 145 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Dog-Ape - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1157 - 115 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Toadstool - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1158 - 145 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Sea Warrior - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1155 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Lampoon - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1156 - 115 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Fishes - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1153 - 170
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - God - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1154 - 130 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Flowers - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c. 1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
|
p1151 - 150 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Stream - c.1878.
Description:
Original Japanese
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878 (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1152 - 150 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
- Manga - Boat - c.1878.
Description:
Original
Japanese woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849).
Series: 'Hokusai Manga'.
Date: c.1878. (First edition). Size: 10" x 8 1/2"
inches.
Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some very tiny wormholes, minor marks and flaws.
|
p1136 - 1350 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Lesbian Couple - c.1814.
Description:
Very rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x 10
1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and fine condition.
Very minor soiling.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A
famous design depicting two women having sex. One of them is wearing
a dildo (harikata) !
p1135 - 875 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Writing - c.1814.
Description:
Very rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x 10
1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A
striking and comic design by one of the greatest Ukiyo-e artists !
p1134 - 1150 - US$ Currency
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Famous
Hokusai Shunga - Chinese Couple - c.1814.
Description:
Very rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x 10
1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A Chinese lover collects vaginal fluid with a ladle. A notion that
foreigners - Chinese as well as Europeans - were very keen on
collecting vaginal fluids for medicinal or other uses, was very
popular in Edo Japan (see Screech 1999: 284-86 and Lane and Hayashi
(1995-98/2000:vol. supplemental vol. 1, 85-8, pl.95-101). (p. 161 in
'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel)
A
very influential design by Hokusai treated in many books on shunga !
p1133 - 825 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Sex Toy - c.1814.
Description:
Very rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x 10
1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
Lovers at a climatic moment. The woman's blue crumpled undergarment
is a favourite detail in Hokusai's shunga (it also appears in white
and red). It adds a special accent to many of his erotic pictures,
as do the intricately patterned robes.
The man uses a sex toy called higozuiki, a dried taro (arum
maculatum) stalk that was wound around the penis, supposedly to
enhance the woman's enjoyment. ( p. 160 in 'Japanese Erotic
Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel )
p1113 - 300 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Giant Vulva - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga
(Erotic print). Date c.1820.
Tobira-e size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Series:
Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, colors and
near fine condition. Very minor soiloing. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of
individual hair-lines.
p1112 - 300 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Bijin - c.1820.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color
woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Erotic print). Date
c.1820.
Tobira-e size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, colors and near fine
condition. Very minor soiloing. Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual
hair-lines.
p1111 - 550 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Tissue - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
In
yet another respite from the labors of love, we view a woman
cleaning up after a bout of sexual pleasure.
p1110 - 550 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Foreplay - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
The woman's red crumpled undergarment is a favourite detail in
Hokusai's shunga. It adds a special accent to many of his erotic
pictures, as do the intricately patterned robes.
p1109 - 550 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - On Top - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
Depicted is a mature couple, the woman with shaved eye-brows
(indicating that she is either married, or a widow).
They engage most passionately, their kiss however, far overshadowed
by the blatantly violent reactions of their sexual organs.
The design may seem a trifle static: doubtless the artist intended
to provide both readers and participants with a kind of catharsis,
the perception that the sexual climax may seem a kind of temporary
death.
p1108 - 550 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Impulsive - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
In this print, the woman seems little interested in the sexual
advances of the man, and she tries to ward him off. Hokusai designed
a similar design in his Tamakazura (The Jewelled Wig)-series, in
which the couple is situated on a boat.
p1107 - 550 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Passionate - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
Lovers
at a climatic moment.
p1106 - 550 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - From Behind - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
In a hasty bout of love-making, the young woman still wears her hat
(ageboshi) and toed socks (tabi). Their love-making position was
very popular with Ukiyo-e artists because it enabled a more
naturalistic depiction of the genitalia and endowed the composition
with a tension likened to a tightly strung bow.
p1105 - 550 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Kid - c.1820.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring
picture). Date: c.1820.
Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane
(Overlapping Skirts). Fine impression, fine colors and near fine
condition. Some very minor soiling. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !
A curious errand boy
investigating the woman's vulva. That he is still a young boy is
clear from his unshaven forelocks.
p762 - 3500 / US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Masterpiece - Fukujuso (The Adonis Plant)
Bathhouse
Rape Scene (P.O.R.)
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai
(1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1815-17.
Series: Fukujuso (' The Adonis Plant') a.k.a. 'Lovemaking
at New Year's'. Oban yoko-e size: 15" x 10" inches.
Fine impression with gauffrage and use of metallic pigments, very
good colors and condition. Slight centerfold, very slightly trimmed,
some minor wrinkling and soiling. A very small repair
(hardly noticeable!). Minor marks and flaws else in an excellent
state for a print of this period and extreme rarity! From Hokusai's
most celebrated shunga series Fukujuso, this is plate 7
depicting the maladroit rape scene! This print is from the earliest
edition of this series with the text printed above the figures! The
Fukujuso series has been described in countless books,
treatises, essays, magazines...etc.
The 'Fukujuso'-series is characterized by the enormous
scale of the figures, their exceptionally bold placement on the
page, and the contrast between the rounded nude forms and the terse
crinkled lines of the garment.
Pl. 7: "Hokusai here offers us a welcome change of pace:
turning from the world of passionate lovers to a scene of
near-comedy - as a clownish sansukι, bath-house attendant,
attempts to seduce a maiden he has long lusted for, as she emerges
from the bath. Although in general rape scenes do not appeal to me,
in this case one tends to sympathize with the clumsy, love-lorn
servant - who holds a coin in his ear, as was the custom of
purse-less lackeys". (excerpt from Vol.23 of Richard Lane
and Yoshikazu Hayashi's treatise on Hokusai's oban series Fukujuso)
An extremely rare opportunity
for the devoted collector to own one of Hokusai's shunga
masterpieces !!
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Shunga's
from Hokusai's famous
'Gods
of Intercourse' - series !
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p555 -
US$ Currency
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Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition.
Some damage to book covers, some wormholes, soiling and
wrinkling. This series is volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p556 -
US$ Currency
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Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition. Some damage to book
covers,
some wormholes, soiling and wrinkling. This series is volume 4
published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p557 - 120
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 6 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition. Damaged book covers,
wormholes, some soiling and wrinkling. This series is volume 4
published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
an and array of monstrous enemies.
p558 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition. Some damage to book
covers, wormholes, some soiling and wrinkling. This series is
volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p559 -
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition. Some damage to book
covers, wormholes, some soiling and wrinkling. This series is
volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p560 - 120
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition. Damaged book covers, red
paint added, wormholes, some soiling and wrinkling. This
series is volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles and
an array of monstrous enemies.
p561 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition.
Damaged book covers, some wormholes, soiling and wrinkling.
This series is volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p563 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Ehon - Edo edition 1837 - Monkey Songoku.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: 1837 (Tempo 8). Size: 9" x 6".
With 8 B&W illustrated pages. Original covers. Very
good impressions and good condition.
Some damage to book covers, some wormholes, soiling and
wrinkling. This series is volume 4 published in 10 volumes.
Title:
'Ehon Saiyuki'. Hokusai's version of the classic Chinese
story about the mischievous monkey, Songoku,
who must repent by undergoing a number of adventures and battles
and an array of monstrous enemies.
p553 -
- US$ Currency
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Hokusai Book
(Ehon) - Edo Edition 1834.
Description:
Original antique Japanese monochrome woodblock album
Hokusai (1760-1849). Date:c.1834. Size: 9" x 6" inches.
Very good impressions and condition. Some small red stains, minor
wrinkling and soiling, marks and flaws.
Signed: zen Hokusai
litsu rojin ga. Title:
'The Illustrated Canon of Loyalty' (Ehon Chukyo).
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei. Published in 1 volume. With
12 double page B&W illustrations, 2 single page B&W
illustrations and 1 double page color illustration with
flowers and text!
This volume is based on the classic
Chinese work Xiaojing, a further exercise by Hokusai in
the field of Chinese iconography during this period. The image of
a tidal wave overwhelming an entire army is especially
ineteresting in its similarity to the rendering of the waves in Chie
no Umi. Hokusai evidently felt the need to develop the theme
of great waves, attempting new versions again and again, all the
time exploring fresh approaches.
Reference: On p.491/492
and p.133 pl. V.51. in ' Hokusai ' by Gian
Carlo Calza.
p552 - 325
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Hokusai
Manga (Sketchbook) Ehon - Meiji Edition - Vol.5.
Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock book Hokusai
(1760-1849). Date: Meiji edition (Originally published in 1816).
Size: 9" x 6 1/5". With 56 illustrated pages. Good
impressions and very good condition.
Some minor wormholes, marks and flaws. Published in 15 volumes.
Title:
' Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga'. Signature:
Hokusai Aratame Katsushika Taito.
p525 - 650
- US$ Currency
Converter.
Surimono
- Hokusai - c.1810 - Two Women and a Boy.
Description:
Original rare antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai
(1760-1849), Not signed, Surimono (Commisioned print), Date:
c.1810.
Fine impression, very good colors and good condition. Size:
12" x 7 1/8" inches. Subject: Two women and a boy.
The boy with the broom has a fox puppet on him! Nicely
executed use of gauffrage on the water, kimono and the
blossom!
Slightly dirty, trimmed, faint centerfold and two small wormholes!
A delightful piece !
p505 -
1100 - US$ Currency
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Very
Rare Shunga Hokusai Oban c.1812 - Sewing Box.
From
Hokusai's first oban series: Brocade of the East!
Description:
Beautiful original antique Japanese color
woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Shunga (Erotic print).
Very good condition, fine impression and colors.
Date: c.1812. Total size: 10" x 15" inches. Series:
'Azuma Nishiki ' (Brocade of the East). Depiction of
an intimate couple!
The woman leaning on a black sewing box while the man pulls
up her kimono ! There's a little bit of paper
loss caused by the use of metallic pigment, slight
centerfold, some tiny holes and staining, minor wear and soiling otherwise very
good state with very fresh colors! Full size, extensive
'burnishing' to black parts ! Nicely executed use of gauffrage
and metallic highlights (on sewing-box and clothing) ! Highly
detailed carving of individual hair-lines!
The love-making position of this couple was a very popular one
among Ukiyo-e artists because it enabled a more naturalistic
depiction of the genitalia and endowed the composition with a
tension likened to a tightly strung bow ! This design is from
Hokusai's first oban series, and he made his most impressive
shunga designs in this format!
References:
The ' Brocade of the East' -series is described by
Richard Lane in his article: ' Love's Labour's Found :
The Erotic of Hokusai ' on p.54 and 55 in the book ' Hokusai
' by Gian Carlo Calza.
Book No. 7 in the series 'Japanese Complete
Ukiyo-e Shunga Series' by Richard Lane and Yoshikazu Hayashi
is totally dedicated to the 'Brocade of East' -series! This famous
set, consisting of 27 books, are a treatise of the
most important shunga series of the Ukiyo-e!
A closer study on Hokusai's shunga designs in the oban format,
like the deliberate composition, the complex
placing of the kimono's and garment, reveal the genius of a
great master!
Beautiful and very rare
piece of art by one of the most famous artists in the
history of Japan !
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