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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.

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.

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.

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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).

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).

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).

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).

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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).

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).

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).

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).

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. 

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 !

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. 

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.

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 !

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 

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 !

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 !

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 !

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 !

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ! 

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 habitué of the Yoshiwara prepares to make use of his ample phallus.

Meiji paintings of this fine quality and craftmanship are very rare !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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 !

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) !

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 !

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 !