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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 Homo - Erotic - Male Prostitute Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870.
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very
good condition. Size: 8" x 5 2/3" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

An adult man makes love to a kagema (a male prostitute) in the open air. 
The young man wears female attire and has his hair dressed like a woman. 
Look for the tight embrace of the adult man.

A very rare Meiji illustration of an homosexual encounter !

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870Large Sized Shunga  -  Couple On A Cloud.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870. 
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very 
good condition. Size: 18 1/2" x 8 2/5" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

A loving couple on a cloud accompanied by a Shishi (a mythical lion) are watching a fight 
between a man and awoman.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 - Ghost - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870.
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Size: 8 2/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

A samurai is making love to a ghost on a bridge while battling another woman.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 - Shishi - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870.
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Size: 8 2/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Some minor staining, very minor marks and flaws.

A Shishi (lion dog or gaurdian lion) enters the erotic surrondings of a post-coital couple.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 -  Lesbian Liaison - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870.  
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Size: 8" x 5 2/3" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

Depiction of two women who are flirting with each other.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 -  Excited Young Woman - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870.
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition.Size: 8" x 5 2/3" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

An excited and impressed young woman leads her lover's penis in the right direction.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 - Genital Reflection - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870. 
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Size: 8" x 5 2/3" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

A woman is watching the reflection of her genitals in the water while the samurai depicted 
on the folding screen comes alive.

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Koikowa Shozan - c.1870 - Friendly Spirit - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870. 
Very good impression (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Size: 8" x 5 2/3" inches. Very minor marks and flaws.

A couple is making love while the woman is holding her child. 
A friendly spirit watches them from a cloud.

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Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock album by Koikowa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1870. 
Book size (closed): 5 3/4" x  8 1/2" inches. The book has 5 double page color illustrations, 
5 double page b & w illustrations, 2 single color illustrations and 1 hidden 4 sheet fold-out color
illustration.Fine impressions (with gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and very good
condition. Very minor wear and soiling, minor marks and flaws.

A nice Meiji period shunga album with great scenes of intimate couples in various settings.

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Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa School. Date: c.1860. 
Size: 6 1/3" x  4 1/3" inches. Very good impression, color and condition. 
Very minor soiling and wear, barely noticeable folding evidence, minor marks and flaws.

A young boy penetrated by an adult man. 

> Click here for more info on homo-erotic (gay) shunga designs.

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Utagawa Toyokuni I - Onnagata - c.1827 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825). Date: c.1827. 
Size: 10 3/4" x  8 2/5" inches. Series: 'Ehon koi no Gakuya'. Fine impression (with gauffrage, 
burnishing andmetallic pigments), color and good condition. Minor soiling and wear, 
some repaired thinning areas, some very small holes, minor marks and flaws.

An onnagata, a male actor portraying female roles, is making love to his female lover. 

Shunga prints that depict onnagata's in graphic erotic scenes are uncommon !

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Utagawa School - Rape Scene - c.1850 - Koban Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa School. Date: c.1850. 
Koban size: 5" x 3 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with gauffrage), color and near 
fine condition. Some very slight ink offsetting, minor marks and flaws.

Two unrelenting palanquin bearers overpower a woman. Rape scenes are rarely 
depicted in the koban format !

> Click here for an article on rape designs in shunga.

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Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Anonymous. Date: Early Meiji period (1860s).
Size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" inches. Fine impression (with gauffrage), color and near fine condition.
One tiny hole (in the sleeve of the man) otherwise excellent condition.

Provocative depiction of a brothel customer with pedophelic tendencies. 
Look for the shocking reaction of the courtesan sitting next to the man. 
The young girl who's being touched by the older man is a kamuro who were young servants 
to the older courtesans. They were sold to a brothel at the age of 5.

Shunga designs depicting these kind of themes are quite rare !  

> Click here for articles on shunga.

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Shunga - Lesbian Couple - Meiji Period - Anonymous.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese woodblock print by Anonymous. Date: Meiji period.
Size: 13" x 9 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with mica), color and condition. In excellent state.
A Meiji design inspired by Eiri's masterpiece from the acclaimed series 'Fumi no kiyogaki' 
(Models of Caligraphy) from c.1800.

> Click here for more info on Eiri's original design and more on lesbian shunga designs. 

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Shigenobu - c.1825 - Shunga. Gay Couple With Woman.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832). Date: c.1825.
Size: 8 3/4" x 8 1/5" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color and condition.
Very minor soiling and wear, very small thinning area right margin, minor marks and flaws.

Young couple having intercourse while an older man penetrates his younger male lover. 
Look for the complex placement of the entangled arms !

Extremely rare !

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Shozan - c.1850 - Couple - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Very good impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing  and metallic pigments), color and condition. 
Size: 7" x 4 3/4" inches. Some very small holes (margin only) otherwise very good state.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Peeking Woman - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850. 
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing  and metallic pigments), color and condition. 
Size: 7" x 4 2/3" inches. Flawless state.

A woman is peeking, from behind a folding screen, on a couple having intercourse in the other room.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Arousal - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), color and condition. 
Size: 6 3/4" x 4 1/3" inches. Flawless state.

An aroused man is spying on another couple.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Orgasmic Embrace - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), 
color and condition. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches. Flawless state.

An intimate couple depicted in a climatic moment.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Amused Courtesan - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), 
color and condition. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches.Flawless state.

An amused courtesan, aware of the erotic activities in the other room, is walking to 
her aroused client.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Three Sex Couples - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), 
color and condition. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches. Flawless state.

An overview of the inside of a brothel interior with three couples making love on three 
different locations.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Oiran - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), 
color and condition. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches.Flawless state.

An oiran ( high-class courtesan ) and her client on the top floor with the Yoshiwara 
( Edo's brothel area ) visible in the background.

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Shozan -  c.1850 - Secluded Couple - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage, burnishing and metallic pigments), 
color and condition. Size: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches.  Flawless state.

A secluded couple ( a courtesan and her client ) are making love while her colleagues 
have a get together in another room. The woman is untying the rope of her kimono.

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Shozan - Lesbian Grooming Scene - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850. 
Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage and  metallic pigments), color and condition. 
Size: 8 1/2" x 6 7/8" inches. Flawless state.

Very rare ! 

Amusing scene of a fellowship of courtesans grooming each other and themselves.

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Shozan - Brothel Interior - c.1850 - Shunga.

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Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907). Date: c.1850.
Size: 25 1/2" x 6 7/8" inches. Excellent impression (with use of gauffrage and 
metallic pigments), color and condition. Flawless state. 

A marvellous folding illustration on six pages depicting a brothel interior with three 
courtesans and their clients.

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Kunisada - Intimate Couple - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near fine 
condition. Very minor wear and soiling.

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Kunisada - Peeping Trio - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling.

A peeping trio watching through a screen. Look for the funny expression of the male peeker !

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Kunisada - WoodblockPrinting - Office. - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling.

In a woodblock printing-office a woman is preparing a smoking pipe for her male lover.

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Kunisada - Musician - c.1850 - Shunga.

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Kunisada - Post Coital Scene - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling.

A post coital scene with the male love cleaning his genitals while the woman is doing her hair.

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Kunisada - Drooling - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling, very small thinning area below right corner.

Two palanquin bearers are ready to make love to an excited courtesan. 
One of them is almost drooling over her face.

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Kunisada - Two Couples - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling.

Scene depicting two intimate couples in seperate rooms. One of the women graps the 
leg of her lover in pure ecstasy.

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Kunisada - Dragon Fountain - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling.

Courtesan washing her hands under a dragon-shaped fountain.

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Kunisada - Relaxing Courtesans - c.1850 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Date: c.1850.
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), color and near fine condition.
Very minor soiling.

Relaxing courtesans (prostitutes) playing a card game. One of them gets a moxa treatment from an 
older colleague.Moxa, or young, dried mugwort, is applied while burning to a person's body as a form 
of medical treatment.These treatments are sometimes very painful and their effect can be compared 
with acupuncture. Burning moxa was also used to remove tattoos.

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Kuniyoshi - Noble Couple - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

Intimate noble couple depicted in close-up making love on a boat.

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Kuniyoshi - Phallus Audience - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 8 2/3" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Comic scene with a musician on a stage observed by a phallus shaped audience.

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Kuniyoshi - Writing Letter - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 8 1/4" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning spot left corner, 
minor marks and flaws.

Bijin (beauty) writing a letter.

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Kuniyoshi - Procession - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 8 1/4" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

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Kuniyoshi - Fisherman - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 8 2/3" x 5 2/3" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Loving couple saved by a fisherman after jumping of a bridge. ( see p1466 ! )

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Kuniyoshi - Jumping From a Bridge - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Loving couple jumping from a bridge in the rain. ( A striking composition! )

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Kuniyoshi - Boat in the Snow - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

An idyllic scene with a noble couple on a boat in the snow.

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Kuniyoshi - Full Monty - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840.
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

A scene with a couple making love completely naked ( rare! ).

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Kuniyoshi - Attacked by the Rain - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

A man and woman are attacked by the rain in the open field.

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Kuniyoshi - Waterfall - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Young samurai and lover near a waterfall.

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Kuniyoshi - Doorway - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Young lovers making love in the doorway.

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Kuniyoshi - On the Verandah - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, 
minor marks and flaws.

Lovers on the verandah with in the background the traditional Japanese stringed 
musical instrument, called Koto.

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Kuniyoshi - Tombstone - Graveyard - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning areas below border, minor marks and flaws.

An ominous scene at a graveyard emphasized by the falling evening mist.

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Kuniyoshi - Samurai Carrying His Lover - c.1840 - Shunga

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Date: c.1840. 
Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), very good color 
and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

A samurai carries his lover to the water of a river-bank.

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Kuniyoshi - Umbrella  - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). 
Date: c.1840. Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), 
very good color and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

A lovely scene of a couple depicted against a background of a river-bank during the afterglow.

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Kuniyoshi - Kissing Couple II - c.1840 - Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). 
Date: c.1840. Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), 
very good color and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, small thinning area below 
right corner, minor marks and flaws.

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Kuniyoshi - Kissing Couple - c.1840 -  Shunga.

Description:

Antique erotic Japanese color woodblock Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). 
Date: c.1840. Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression (with metallic pigments), 
very good color and condition. Very minor soiling and wear, minor marks and flaws.

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Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Moon light.

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches. Fine impression, color and near 
fine condition. Very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.

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Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Pleasure Boat.

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine 
condition. Very minor soiling only. Wonderful gauffrage and metallic pigment details !

An intimate couple on a pleasure boat with the water visible in the background !

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Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Rape

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine 
condition. Very minor soiling only.Wonderful gauffrage and metallic pigment details !

The feet of this courtesan indicate this "love-play" is against her will.

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Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Couple.

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine 
condition. Very minor soiling only. Wonderful gauffrage and metallic pigment details !

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Rare Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Two Couples.

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. 
Very minor soiling only. Wonderful gauffrage and metallic pigment details !

The couple in the background is unusually portrayed in a vertical position from the 
beholder's point of view !

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Shunga - Utagawa School - c.1850 - Two High Class Courtesans.

Description:

Antique Japanese color woodblock Utagawa school. Shunga (Erotic picture). 
Date: c.1850. Size: 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" inches. Fine impression, color and near fine condition. 
Very minor soiling only. Wonderful gauffrage and metallic pigment details !

Two oiran (high-class courtesans) giving their male clients a good time !

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Suzuki Harunobu  c.1760 - Shunga - Young Monk And Courtesan.

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Antique Japanese color woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1760s. 
Chuban size: 6" x  9 1/3". Very good impression, good colors and poor condition. Wear and soiling, centerfold, 
several small wormholes, backed. Wonderful gauffrage details to the pillow and blanket in the background.

The young monk's body has been printed in flesh tones using a metallic pigment that has since oxidized, 
creating darkened areas and imbuing the figure with texture (the head).