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SHUNGA
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ANTIQUE
SHUNGA WOODBLOCK
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Japan
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On the following website you can find information
on:
Shunga,
Japanese woodblock print, Hokusai, Kunisada,
Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Harunobu, Koryusai,
Eisen, Utagawa school, Torii.
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Hokusai
- c.1814. Famous
Shunga Masterpiece
Diving
Girl With Octopus.
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Description:
Extremely rare
Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 6 1/2" x
8 3/4" inches. Date: c.1814.
Fine (early) impression, color and condition. Very minor
soiling. Full size.
Title: "Diving Girl
Ravished by Octopuses". A.k.a. "The Dream of the
Fisherman's Wife".
Series: "Kinoe no komatsu" (Languishing for Love/
Young Pine Saplings).
"In Hokusai's most famous shunga, a large octopus performs
cunnilungus on a woman abalone diver or ama, and a smaller one,
perhaps his offspring, kisses her and fondles one of her nipples
with a tentacle. This print is testimony to how our
interpretation of an image can be distorted when seen in
isolation and without understanding the text. A recent study by
Danielle Talerico (2001: 24-42) explains that this image was
initially considered by Western collectors and scholars like
Edmund de Goncourt, Jack Hillier and Richard Lane to represent a
rape scene. Talerico's study shows that an Edo audience would
have associated the image with the story of Tamatori. In the
legend, the abalone diver Tamatori sacrifices her life to save
the Emperor by cutting open her breast, where she hides the
jewel she has stolen from the Sea-Dragon King in his underwater
Dragon Palace. The Sea-Dragon King is accompanied by all nature
of sea creatures, including octopuses. The dialogues between the
two creatures and the diver express mutual sexual enjoyment (see
Talerico 2001: 37, for a complete translation)". (p. 161 in
'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel)
"This illustration, of a woman with two octopuses, twin
incubi, has lost none of his power to disturb (...) Despite the
considerable amount that has been written about this work, all
attempts to interpret and elucidate it end up by revealing more
about the writer than about the original work. It remains one of
those designs which require neither advocacy nor analysis in
order to work its mysterious effect". (p.249 in 'Shunga,
the Erotic Art of Love in Japan' by Tom and Mary Evans)
"...On the right, a large octopus ravishes the girl with
androit cunnilungus, while a smaller octopus (his son?) assists
earnestly at the left. Yet however bizarre the concept, the
effect is neither comic nor pornographic; in this fantasy of a
passionate shell diver, we discover a new facet of Hokusai's
genius and a consummate work of erotica". (Richard
Lane - 'Love's Labour's Found: The Erotic Art of Hokusai)
"The most beautiful Japanese erotic print that I know is
truly frightening: it is of a Japanese woman mounted by an
octopus; with its tentacles, the horrible beast sucks the tips
of her breasts and rummages in her mouth, while its head drinks
from her lower parts. The almost superhuman expression of agony
and sorrow - which convulses this long, graceful female figure
with aquiline nose - and the hysterical joy - which emanates at
the same time from her forehead, from those eyes closed as in
death - are admirable". (J.K. Huysman - 1889)
" ...a terrifying plate...the nude form of a woman,
swooning with pleasure..." (Edmond de Goncourt)
Perhaps
Hokusai's Octopus design is the most coveted erotic print in the
history of Art !
p1289 - 325
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Meiji
Shunga Painting - After Hokusai - Couple.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (opaque paint and brushwork on heavy
card). Anonymous.
Size: approx. 13" x 7 3/4" inches. Meiji period
(1868-1912).
A magnificently detailed Meiji painting inspired by Hokusai's
famous 'Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin) series.
Meiji paintings of this qualtiy are very rare !
For more info on
Hokusai's 'Gods of Intercourse' series: Shunga
Page 3.
p1288 - 350 - US$ Currency
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Meiji
Shunga Painting - After Hokusai - Peeking.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (opaque paint and brushwork on heavy
card). Anonymous.
Size: approx. 13" x 7 3/4" inches. Meiji period
(1868-1912).
A magnificently detailed Meiji painting inspired by Hokusai's
famous 'Gods of Intercourse' (Manpuku Wagojin) series.
Meiji paintings of this qualtiy are very rare !
For Hokusai's original
woodblock print: Shunga
Page 3.
p1287 - 350 - US$ Currency
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Meiji
Shunga Painting - After Hokusai - Masturbating Woman.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (opaque paint and brushwork on heavy
card). Anonymous.
Size: approx. 13" x 7 3/4" inches. Meiji period
(1868-1912).
A magnificently detailed Meiji painting inspired by Hokusai's
famous 'Gods of Intercourse ' (Manpuku Wagojin) series.
Meiji paintings of this qualtiy are very rare !
For more info on Hokusai's
'Gods of Intercourse' series: Shunga
Page 3.
p1286 - 1500 - US$ Currency
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Rare
Antique Japanese Sex Toy - Harigata - Shunga - c.1850.
Description:
A
magnificent antique Japanese papier mache dildo (harigata or
harikata) with silk foot including operational string
(not authentic) and original fitted wooden box. Size: approx. 6
1/2" long. Artist unknown. Date: c.1850. C
ondition: some usage wear. This is a very skillfully crafted and
detailed piece of Japanese erotica which meticulously mimics the
real male genitals.
The harigata is an artificial penis usually made of leather, and
at times a strap-on made from papier mache, horn, ivory or
tortoiseshell. The geisha in Old Edo (1618-1868) enjoyed solitary
pleasure with such a life-like dildo inserting it into her vagina.
The harigata is often depicted in shunga (erotic print) especially
in its depiction of lesbian intimate encounters. One of the most
famous examples is Eiri's masterpiece from his 'Models of
Calligraphy' (Fumi no kiyogaki) series depicting such a
female-female scene (see for illustration Shunga Page 3 at the top
!).
Surviving sex toys from
the 19th Century are incredibly rare !
p1285 - 85 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Bird.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Tobira-e size: 5 2/3" x 7 4/5". Fine impression, very
good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1284 - 85 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Geisha.
Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai
(1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic picture). Date: c.1820s.
Tobira-e size: 5 2/3" x 7 4/5". Fine impression, very
good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1283 - 165 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Subtle Suggestion.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1282 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Ejaculation.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1281 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Excited Spectator.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1280 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Black Socks.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1279 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Tissue.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1278 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Kiss.
Description:
Antique
Japanese color woodblock Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic
picture). Date: c.1820s.
Hanshibon size: 10 1/3" x 8 2/5". Fine impression,
very good colors and good condition.
Very minor soiling, some small wormhole repairs (backing). Nicely
executed embossing (gauffrage).
p1277 - 200 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Man With Scroll - Aizuri-e - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture).
Aizuri-e (Blue printed picture). Size: 8 3/4" x 6
1/6"inches. Date: c.1830. Fine impression, color and
condition.
Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1276 - 235 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Woman In Desert - Aizuri-e - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture).
Aizuri-e (Blue printed picture). Size: 8 3/4" x 6
1/6" inches. Date: c.1830. Fine impression, color and
condition.
Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
A
magnificently mysterious depiction printed in the wonderful aizuri-e
!
p1275 - 165 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Playing Children - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/6" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1274 - 125 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Aroused Noble Man - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 8 3/4" x 6 1/6" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1273 - 375 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Floating Couple - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling and staining, minor marks and
flaws.
The
absence of objects in this striking picture gives it a dream-like
quality !
p1272 - 350 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Back To Front - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
An hilarious depiction of an old man wiping his armpit involved in
a complicated intimate pose
p1271 - 450 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Wash-Tub - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
Rare
vertical (tate-e) format shunga with a subtly detailed reflection
of both the male and female genitalia
in the water of the wash-tub !
p1270 - 350 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Samurai - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1269 - 335 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Smoking Pipe - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1268 - 335 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - On Top - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition.
Some very minor soiling, very small professional repair in the
below right corner, minor marks and flaws.
p1267 -
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Eisen
- Shunga - Ecstasy - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1266 - 350 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Shamisen - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1265 - 335 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Bench - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some
very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1264 - 335 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Foot - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1263 - 335 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Wrestler - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
p1262 - 550 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Mosquito-Net - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition.
Some very minor soiling, a very small hole (in the hair-pin of the
woman), minor marks and flaws.
A
superb shunga design with the mosquito-net covering the whole
image !
p1261 - 435 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Assault - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and
condition. Some very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
An
extra-ordinary depiction of six excited cleaning women assaulting
a perplexed man !
p1260 - 435 - US$ Currency
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Eisen
- Shunga - Orgy - Rape - c.1830.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock print attrib. to Eisen Keisai (1790-1848). Shunga
(Erotic picture). Size: 11" x 8 1/3" inches.
Date: c.1830. Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some
very minor soiling, minor marks and flaws.
This
image reminiscents Kuniyoshi's famous scene of a woman raped by
three men.
In this picture five men are involved and it looks the woman has
given her approval !
p1220 - 125 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Bridge - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 2/3" x
5" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1219 - 125 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Dinner - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 2/3" x
5" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1218 - 150 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Secretly - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/2" x 8
1/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1217 - 150 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Balcony - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/2" x 8
1/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1216 - 165 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Book - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/2" x 8
1/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1215 - 165 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Sleeping Dog - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/2" x 8
1/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only.
p1214 - 175 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Masks - c.1840.
Description:
Original
Japanese color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/2" x 8
1/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Some very minor
soiling, marks and flaws only
p1209 - 120 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Playful - c.1840.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 2/3" x 5"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small
wormhole repairs, very minor marks and flaws.
An intimate couple in a
playful position !
p1208- 130 - US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Aroused Travelling Party - c.1840.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 1/4" x 5 2/3"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1840.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small
wormhole repairs, very minor marks and flaws.
Look for the funny
details in this design with the peeing child and the two aroused
carriers !
p1210 - 85- US$ Currency
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Utagawa
School - Shunga - Thinking pose - c.1840.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Utagawa School. Size: 8 2/3" x 5"
inches. Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some very small
wormhole repairs, very minor marks and flaws.
A beauty in a
deliberate pose !
p1204 -
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Kunisada
Shunga - Musicians - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1864). Size: 6 7/8" x 9"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Excellent impression, fine color and very good condition. Some
small wormhole repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
A very funny scene with
an intimate couple in the foreground and in the background some
excited musicians !
p1200 - 60 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Two Beauties - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 5
2/3" inches. Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some small wormhole
repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1199 - 85 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - On Top - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/2" x 5
2/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some small wormhole
repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1198 - 90 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Aroused - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/2" x 5
2/3" inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some small wormhole
repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1195 -
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Pleasure Boat - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some small wormhole
repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1194 - 85 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Negotiation - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and good condition. Some small
wormhole repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1193 - 95 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Under The Blanket - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and good condition. Some small
wormhole repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1192 - 100 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Female Arousel - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and good condition. Some small
wormhole repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1191 - 95 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Snowscene - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and good condition. Some small
wormhole repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1189 - 135 - US$ Currency
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Kuniyasu
Shunga - Blanket - c.1830.
Description:
Japanese
color woodblock Kuniyasu (1794-1832). Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
inches. Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1830.
Very good impression, color and condition. Some small wormhole
repairs, very minor soiling, marks and flaws.
p1151 - 875 - US$ Currency
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European
(Western) Erotic Painting - 18th Century - In The Attic.
Description:
Very
rare antique Western style erotic painting. Date: late 18th
Century. Painting on silk in sumi and colors.
Size: 8 3/4" x 13 1/2" inches. Fine colors and
condition. Very minor marks and flaws. Laid down on mica covered
paper.
Depicted is an intriguing scene of an intimate encounter of a
corpulent couple in the attic. This painting is presumably copied
from a European (French) engraving by a Japanese artist and bares
comparison to the style of Boucher.
A
highly detailed and most unusual painting !
p1144 - 225 - US$ Currency
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Kunisada
Shunga - Peeking Man - c.1840.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1864). Abuna-e. Hanshibon size: 11
1/5" x 8 1/2" inches. Date: c.1840.
Excellent impression, color and near fine condition. Very minor
soiling. Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed
gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.
Couple interrupted by a
peeker !
p1143 - 235 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Kunisada
Shunga - Depressed Man - c.1840.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1864). Abuna-e. Hanshibon size: 11
1/5" x 8 1/2" inches. Date: c.1840.
Excellent impression, color and near fine condition. Very minor
soiling. Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed
gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.
Look for the sad facial
expression of the man !
p1142 - 235 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Kunisada
Shunga - On Top - c.1840.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1864). Hanshibon size: 11 1/5"
x 8 1/2" inches. Date: c.1840.
Excellent impression, color and near fine condition. Very minor
soiling. Wonderful use of black pigment, nicely executed gauffrage
and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.
A woman on top tightly
holding on to her lover !
p1141 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Kunisada
Shunga - Audience - c.1840.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1864). Hanshibon size: 11 1/5"
x 8 1/2" inches. Date: c.1840.
Excellent impression, color and near fine condition. Very minor
soiling. Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed
gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.
A scene set in a Kabuki
theatre displaying the upper section with more expensive seats in
boxes that are situated slighty higher than the central stage !
p1138 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Toykuni
I - Shunga - Bathhouse Scene - c.1825.
Description:
Japanse
color woodblock Toyokuni I (1769-1825). Size: 7 7/8" x 6
9/10" inches. Date: c.1840.
Fine impression, very good color and condition. Some very minor
soiling.
Look
for the funny facial expressions of the amazed men watching the
intimate couple !
One of the men has a towel attached to his enormous genitalia !
p1136 - 1350 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Lesbian Couple - c.1814.
Description:
Very
rare Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x
10 1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and fine condition.
Very minor soiling.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A
famous design depicting two women having sex. One of them is
wearing a dildo (harikata) !
p1135 - 875 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Writing - c.1814.
Description:
Very
rare Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x
10 1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A
striking and comic design by one of the greatest Ukiyo-e artists !
p1134 - 1150 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Famous
Hokusai Shunga - Chinese Couple - c.1814.
Description:
Very
rare Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x
10 1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
A Chinese lover collects vaginal fluid with a ladle. A notion that
foreigners - Chinese as well as Europeans - were very keen on
collecting vaginal fluids for medicinal or other uses, was very
popular in Edo Japan (see Screech 1999: 284-86 and Lane and
Hayashi (1995-98/2000:vol. supplemental vol. 1, 85-8, pl.95-101).
(p. 161 in 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M.
Winkel)
A
very influential design by Hokusai treated in many books on shunga
!
p1133 - 825 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Very
Rare Hokusai Shunga - Sex Toy - c.1814.
Description:
Very
rare Japanse color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849). Size: 8" x
10 1/2" inches. Date: c.1814.
Excellent impression (with gauffrage), color and condition.
Series: "Kinoe no
komatsu" (Languishing for Love/ Young Pine Saplings).
Lovers at a climatic moment. The woman's blue crumpled
undergarment is a favourite detail in Hokusai's shunga (it also
appears in white and red). It adds a special accent to many of his
erotic pictures, as do the intricately patterned robes.
The man uses a sex toy called higozuiki, a dried taro (arum
maculatum) stalk that was wound around the penis, supposedly to
enhance the woman's enjoyment. ( p. 160 in 'Japanese Erotic
Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel )
p1131 - 425 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Courtesan - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
This scene turns abruptly to the Floating World: featuring a
furisode-shinzo, or courtesan's apprentice doubtless encountering
her first experience in sex. She covers her face with her long
sleeve as an habituι of the Yoshiwara prepares to make use of his
ample phallus.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1130 - 425 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Pregnant - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
A pregnant wife, a sash wound her belly, rests on her arms to
allow her husband to penetrate her carefully from behind.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1129 -
US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Calligraphy Lesson - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
A calligraphy lesson interrupted: the folding practice book, the
young woman whispers in her lover's ear.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1128 - 425 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Secret Lovers - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
The tsunokakushi "snood" is today seen only at
traditional weddings, but in the Edo period was a feature of the
traveling costume of the ladies of the daimyo (landlord) and
Shogun harems, used mainly on pilgrimages to famous temples,
especially in the late Spring. Such rare opportunities to get out
of the confines of the seraglio were often utilized to effect
liaison with secret lovers, as we view in this dynamic scene. Here
we discern a nice balance between the heads, the bodies and the
genitalia.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1127 - 425 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Plebeian Sex - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
This scene displays a more plebeian sex life of modern times, with
a young woman being forcefully seduced by a mature man. The focus
of attention is centered on the voluptuous beauty of the woman's
hip and genitalia.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1126 - 425 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Excellent
Shunga Painting - Peasant Girl - Meiji.
Description:
Original
Japanese shunga painting (ink and colour on silk). Anonymous.
Size: 27 1/6" x 5" inches. Meiji period (1868-1912). An
extraordinarily detailed Meiji painting inspired by Kiyonaga's
famous 'Sleeve Scroll' (Sode no maki) series.
The colors of the pigments are very fresh and the condition is
fine with some very minor marks and flaws !
A peasant girl and country lad caught in a moment of sexual bliss.
This type of peasant woman is traditionally associated with Ohara,
a village north-west Kyoto, and thus the name Oharama (Ohara
maiden). Oharame were easily identifiable by their distinctive
costume of an apron, hand-covers, leggings and rustic sandals.
They are often portrayed carrying bundles of firewood or coal on
their heads, this Oharame uses her bundle of coal sticks as a
pillow.
Meiji
paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !
p1125 - 225 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Shunga
Toyokuni I - Couple And Child - c.1823.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print attrib. to Toyokuni I
(1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1822.
Size: 10 2/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression, colors
and very good condition.
Very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a very clean state!
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and
very detailed carving of individual hair-lines. Striking use of
yellow pigment !
A
cautious intimate encounter between husband and wife while the
child is sleeping !
p1124 - 225- US$ Currency
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Shunga
Toyokuni I - Ecstatic Pose - c.1823.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print attrib. to Toyokuni I
(1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1822.
Size: 10 2/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression, colors
and very good condition.
Very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a very clean state!
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and
very detailed carving of individual hair-lines. Striking use of
yellow pigment !
A
couple depicted in an ecstatic pose !
p1122 -
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Shunga
Toyokuni I - Couple - c.1823.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print attrib. to Toyokuni I
(1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1822.
Size: 10 2/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression, colors
and very good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs otherwise in a very clean state !
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and
very detailed carving of individual hair-lines. Striking use of
yellow pigment !
A
lovely scene with an amourous couple !
p1121 - 180 - US$ Currency
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Shunga
Toyokuni I - Shamisen - c.1823.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print attrib. to Toyokuni I
(1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1822.
Size: 10 2/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression,
colors and very good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs otherwise in a very clean state!
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and
very detailed carving of individual hair-lines. Striking use of
yellow pigment !
A
couple involved in a sexual innuendo with in the background two
shamisen (three stringed instrument) !
p1120 - `180 - US$ Currency
Converter.
Shunga
Toyokuni I - Caught In The Act - c.1823.
Description:
Original
antique Japanese color woodblock print attrib. to Toyokuni I
(1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1822.
Size: 10 2/3" x 8 1/3" inches. Fine impression, colors
and very good condition.
Some small wormhole repairs otherwise in a very clean state!
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and
very detailed carving of individual hair-lines. Striking use of
yellow pigment !
An
unsuspecting visitor holding a lantern has trapped in an intimate
couple !
p1116-
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Shigenobu's
Startling Masterpiece
Chinese Couple - c.1820.
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Description:
Original antique Japanese
color woodblock Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832). Shunga (Erotic
print). Oban yoko-e size: 10" x 15" inches. Date:
c.1820s. Series:
' Yanagi no Arashi'
(Willow Storm). Fine impression (with gauffrage and metallic
pigments), near fine colors and condition. Very slight traces of
a centerfold, minor marks and flaws otherwise magnificent state!
Look for the funny details like the moustache shaped pubic hair
above the woman's vagina! The oxidation effects throughout the
whole design are truly magnificent!
References:
This specific print (see pictures!) is depicted in
'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel on
p.177 (Ill.65b).
Antoher impressions are depicted on p.87 (Ill.98) in 'Strangers
in Paradise' by Dr.Richard Lane, Vol.4 'Shigenobu, Yanagi no
Arashi ' by Yoshikazu Hayashi, p.285 in 'Sex and the Floating
World' by T. Screech.
This is the 11th design of the ' Willow Storm' -series.Yoshikazu
Hayashi says in Vol.4 Shigenobu, Yanagi no Arashi: "At last
we reach the final two prints in the series. One is immediately
struck by the Chinese man's ingenuity. But while that print used
a Japanese, here we have a Chinese man: an amusing flight of
fancy indeed. Not surprisingly, the Chinese man speaks in
incomprehenisble Chinese, but a translation is included to keep
us laughing. the exaggeration here is truly extreme. The bodily
fluids flow out the tea cup like a waterfall. There are shunga
in China as well, but their unremarkable portrayals are nothing
compared to this kind of hyperbole. In my opinion exaggeration
is everything in an erotic print, which is what makes Japanese
shunga the best in the world. The black object coiled around the
man's head is his pigtail. It would normally hangdown his back,
but he has wrapped it around his head like a headband. Looking
for all the world like one of those fearsome demons that stand
guard at the entrance of a temple; the Chinese man's face is
Shigenobu's hallmark".
Quote:
"I believe that this particular set, however, is probably
not only one of his masterpieces, but should also be included
among the
best works in Edo shunga history". (Yoshikazu Hayashi in
Vol.4 Shigenobu, Yanagi no Arashi )
Provenance: ex-Ferry
Bertholet Collection.
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