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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Delightful scene featuring a snowman and a crow sitting on a twig. In the blue sky of this woodblock design the wood grain is clearly visible which indicates this piece is an early impression (edition).

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Night scene featuring a flying goose above a stream.
Look for the visible wood grain (indication of an early edition) in the sky !

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

A superb aizuri-e (lit.‘blue printed picture’) design depicting irises.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

A scene with a tranquil depiction of a pair of birds in a stream underneath a tree.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and very good condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Nicely fragmented design portraying party decoration for a festival.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and very good condition. Minor wear and soiling, staining and two tiny holes. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

A tranquil image of two birds swimming in a stream.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of ‘bokashi’ shading, metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Superb close-up portrait (okubi-e) of a relaxing courtesan smoking a pipe. Her clothing, black teeth and the luxurious hair-pins indicate she is upper class. The cartouche image above her features a town during spring time.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 2/3" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and near fine condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of ‘bokashi’ shading, metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Fantastic okubi-e design featuring a courtesan reading a woodblock-printed book. 
A harbour scene is depicted in the cartouche image above her.

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Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Date: c.1840. Shunga (Erotic picture).
Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" inches. Series: ’Watching Colored Leaves‘. Excellent early impression, fine color and very good condition. Minor wear and soiling only. Highly detailed print with exceptional use of ‘bokashi’ shading, metallic pigments and gauffrage (embossing) details.

Beautiful close-up design of a young courtesan. 
The cartouche image above her head portrays a river during the winter.

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