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p1396 - 300 - US$
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Hokusai - Shunga c.1821
Courtesan and Client
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 - 275 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Sake - c.1821.
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 - 350 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga c.1821.
Courtesans Osane and Otsubi
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 - 535 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Anal Ecstacy - 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. 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 - 575 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga - Sex Toy
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. 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 - 450 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Copulating Mice - 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. 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 - 450 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Peeking Girl - 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. 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 - 500 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Insatiable Client - 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. 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 - 600 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga - Rape - 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. 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 - 500 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga - Orgasm
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. 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 - 450 - US$
Hokusai - Shunga
Young and Old Couple - 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. 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 - 400 - US$
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 - 235 - US$
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 - 475 - US$
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 - 525 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 750 - US$
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 - 350 - US$
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)
p1335 - 250 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 950 - US$
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 - 1000 - US$
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 !
p1290 -
- US$
Hokusai - c.1814. Famous Shunga Masterpiece
Diving Girl With Octopus.
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$ 
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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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$ 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 - 1200 - US$
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 - 700 - US$
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 - 1000 - US$
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 - 700 - US$
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 - 200 - US$
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 - 275 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 450 - US$
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 - 3250 / US$
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 !!
Shunga's from Hokusai's famous
'Gods of Intercourse' - series !
Click on the picture
p555 - 90 - US$
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 - 90 - US$
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 - 65 - US$
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 - 85 - US$
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 - 80 - US$
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 - 75 - US$
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 - 80 - US$
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 - 85 - US$
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 - 275 - US$
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 - 265 - US$
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 - 500 - US$
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$
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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