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Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

An obtrusive young man is having intercourse with his woman. Before his obtrusion she was picking a garment from her wardrobe.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

Couple having sex in the living room. The neck of a shamisen (three stringed instrument) is partially visible in the lower part of the composition

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

Intimate couple underneath a plink blanket. The folding screen in the background portrays flying geese.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

A hung man takes his lover from behind.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

Woman making love with her husband while sitting on top. The table in the background portrays Shoki the Demon Queller (originally a Chinese mythical figure). The many tissues around the couple are an indication of their insatiable lust.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

Intimate couple in the seduction phase.In the background hangs a painting featuring two rocks from the famous Japanese legend of Izanami and Izanagi.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), minor marks and flaws. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

A woman is applying a higozuiki (rope) to her lover’s penis while sitting on her man’s knee. 
Look for the herons depicted on the folding screen in the background !

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by a talented anonymous artist. Date: c.1880s. Size: 6 3/4" x 5 2/3" inches. 
Fine impression, color and very good condition. Slight (clean) vertical centerfold, some very slight paper remnants (from a previous backing), some pigment staining. Highly detailed carving in the characteristically realistic style of that period with beautiful ‘bokashi’-shading to the faces.

A couple obviously trapped (judging their facial expressions) just a moment ago ( the female intruder partially visible in the background walking down the stairs ).

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