Keisai Eisen ( 1790-1848 )-Shunga p1842-p1850

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Rare Shunga - Eisen - Orgy Scene - Five Couples - c.1823.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 9 3/4" x 8 1/10" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Some very tiny wormholes (barely visible!)
otherwise in a fine state.

Rare shunga scene portraying an orgy involving five couples.

Reference:
p.126 (Illust.1) in Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art: Shunga (Volume II) by Ofer Shagan.

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Shunga - Eisen - Sword Stand - c.1823.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 9 1/3" x 8" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. One very tiny wormhole otherwise in a fine state.

A samurai and his lover making love. His sword collection is in a sword stand behind them.

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Rare Shunga - Eisen - Homo Erotic Encounter - c.1823.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 9 4/5" x 8" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Minor marks and flaws only.

An adult man is making love to his younger male partner.

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Rare Shunga - Eisen - Woman With Dildo - Masturbation - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 8 2/5" x 5 4/5" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very tiny wormholes (barely visible!)
otherwise in a fine state.

A woman is masturbating using an artificial phallus (harigata).

Reference:
p.144 (Illust.13) in Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art: Shunga (Volume I) by Ofer Shagan.

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Very Rare Shunga - Eisen - Hermaphrodite - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 8 2/5" x 5 3/4" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Some very tiny wormholes (barely visible!)
otherwise in a fine state.

Unusual scene depicting a hermaphrodite displaying both male and female organs. The very rare cases that hermaphrodites appear in shunga they are always depicted as feminine in terms of clothing and hair.

Reference:
p.68 (Illust.37) in Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art: Shunga (Volume II) by Ofer Shagan.

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Rare Shunga - Eisen - Improvised Sex Partner - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Some very tiny wormholes (barely visible!)
otherwise in a fine state.

Highly unusual portrayal of a man using a rolled blanket as a "sex partner".

Reference:
p.144 (Illust.13) in Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art: Shunga (Volume I) by Ofer Shagan.

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Shunga - Eisen - Woman With Plate - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 8" x 5 1/10" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Minor soiling, marks and flaws.

A female servant holding a plate. Look for the bats on her kimono !

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Shunga - Eisen - Izanagi & Izanami Parody - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/10" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Minor marks and flaws only.

A lovely parody on the famous myth of Izanagi and Izanami (in Japanese mythology they are a pair of deities who shaped the world) standing next to a cooking pit.

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Shunga - Eisen - Longing Woman In The Dark - c.1823.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1823. Size: 8" x 5 1/4" inches. Series: 'Makuro Bunko' (literally: Pillow Collection).
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Minor marks and flaws only.

Beautiful depiction of a lonely woman standing in the dark.
The sleeve toward her mouth in a gesture of suppressed emotion.

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