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Kitagawa Utamaro  (1753 - 1806)   -   Shunga p1920 ~ p1927.

 

 

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Magnificent Shunga - Utamaro - 

Ninja And Rats - c.1805.

Magnificent Shunga - Utamaro - Ninja And Rats - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A cautious ninja investigates a room with a lantern where a couple is making love. The running rats betray Utamaro's attention to comical detail.
References: p.232 (Ill.6.70) in 'Shunga, the Art of Love in Japan' by Tom and Mary Evans.
p.125 (Ill.15) Chapter ' Voyeurism' in 'Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art: Shunga, 
Volume I' by Ofer Shagan.

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Koto - Origami - c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Koto - Origami - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 2/5" x 7 2/5" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A man is wetting his fingers as preparation for a love bout. In the background a koto (a 13 stringed Japanese musical instrument) can be seen behind the couple.

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Woman With Candle - c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Woman With Candle - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/3" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A woman with a candle enters a room where a couple is making love under a blanket. Is she a former participant of a threesome or is the man her husband?

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Mutual Masturbation - c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Mutual Masturbation - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/3" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A couple are mutually satisfying each other.

Reference: Chapter 'A Question of Size' on p.83 (Ill.13) in the book 'Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art:
Shunga, Volume I' by Ofer Shagan.

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Weaving Work - c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Weaving Work - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 2/5" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

An excited man is making advances to a woman during her weaving work.
Reference: Chapter ' Locations' on p.120 (Ill.29) in the book 'Encyclopedia of Japanese Erotic Art:
Shunga, Volume II' by Ofer Shagan.

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Open Air - c.1805.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of gauffrage details.

A peasant is having sex with his mistress on a bench in the open-air near a riverbank.

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Threesome - c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Threesome - c.1805.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A young man is involved in a ménage à trois with a young and an older woman

 

 

 

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Shunga - Utamaro - Plum Tree - 

c.1805.

Shunga - Utamaro - Plum Tree - c.1805.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1805. Size: 5 2/3" x 7 1/2" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. From the famous book 'Ehon takara gura'. Thin backing, a couple of tiny wormholes, very minor soiling, marks and flaws. Nice use of metallic pigment details.

A nice tobira-e design depicting a plum tree.

 

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