Shunga
- Keisai Eisen - Goose With A Letter - c.1839.
Description:
Antique Japanese color
woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color
and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only.
A design with recurring theme in
shunga of a flying goose with a letter in his beak. This is
probably a reference to newlyweds; it was customary in Japan
to offer shungabooks as educational gifts to new brides
before their wedding.
Shunga
- Keisai Eisen - Wagtail - c.1839.
Description:
Antique Japanese color
woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color
and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only. Highly detailed carving with
wonderful printed details such as gauffrage.
Lovely depiction of a wagtail on a
rock in the water.
Mythological reference: When the deity
Izanaki saw a wagtail's rear movements he understood how to
copulate.
Shunga
- Keisai Eisen - Crow - c.1839.
Description:
Antique Japanese color
woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1839.
Size: 4 3/4" x 7" inches. Fine impression, color
and near fine condition. Some binding holes.
Minor marks and flaws only. Highly detailed carving with
wonderful printed details such as gauffrage and metallic
pigments.
Appealing design depicting a crow on a
broken branch.
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