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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Binded Sex Slave - 1822.

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Description:
Antique Japanese color woodblock Toykuni I (1769-1825). Shunga (Erotic picture). Date: 1822.
Series: 'Ooyogari no koe'. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" inches. Fine impression, very good color and condition.
Some rubbing and some small binding holes (border only!), some very small thinning spots.

This scene of a binded woman is so disturbing because she is abonded by her abductor(s)
leaving the viewer with the uneasy question: "What will happen next?".

Rare piece !

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Giant Vulva - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Erotic print).
Date c.1820. Tobira-e size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Very minor soiloing. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Bijin - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Erotic print).
Date c.1820. Tobira-e size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Very minor soiloing. Wonderful use of metallic
pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Tissue - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

In yet another respite from the labors of love, we view a woman cleaning up after a bout of sexual pleasure.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Foreplay - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

The woman's red crumpled undergarment is a favourite detail in Hokusai's shunga. It adds a special
accent to many of his erotic pictures, as do the intricately patterned robes.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - On Top - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

Depicted is a mature couple, the woman with shaved eye-brows (indicating that she is either married, or a widow).
They engage most passionately, their kiss however, far overshadowed by the blatantly violent reactions of their
sexual organs. The design may seem a trifle static: doubtless the artist intended to provide both readers and participants with a kind of catharsis, the perception that the sexual climax may seem a kind of temporary death.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Impulsive - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

In this print, the woman seems little interested in the sexual advances of the man, and she tries to ward him off.
Hokusai designed a similar design in his Tamakazura (The Jewelled Wig)-series, in which the couple is situated
on a boat.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Passionate - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

Lovers at a climatic moment.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - From Behind - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

In a hasty bout of love-making, the young woman still wears her hat (ageboshi) and toed socks (tabi).
Their love-making position was very popular with Ukiyo-e artists because it enabled a more naturalistic depiction
of the genitalia and endowed the composition with a tension likened to a tightly strung bow.

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Very Rare Hokusai - Overlapping Skirts - Kid - c.1820.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Hokusai (1760-1849), Shunga (Spring picture).
Date: c.1820. Chubon size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" inches. Series: Tsumagasane (Overlapping Skirts).
Fine impression, fine colors and near fine condition. Some very minor soiling.
Wonderful use of metallic pigments and very detailed carving of inidividual hair-lines !
Nicely executed gauffrage !

A curious errand boy investigating the woman's vulva.
That he is still a young boy is clear from his unshaven forelocks.

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Rare Shunga Toyokuni I - Phallic God - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print).
Date c.1823. Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

A fascinating design from Toyokuni's famous "Kaichu kagami"-series which is among his
best work in shunga !.

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Water tank - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

Intimate couple in front of a water-tank !

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Sweaty Man - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Small Old Couple - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

Depicted is an intimate miniature couple on a table !

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Cleaning Vulva - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, some small repaired worm-holes, very minor marks and flaws!
Wonderful use of metallic pigments, nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

A woman cleaning her private parts !

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Two Women - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, minor soiling, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

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Shunga Toyokuni I - Nightscene - c.1823.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock print Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date c.1823.
Series: "Kaichu kagami". Size: 8 1/2" x 6" inches. Fine impression, colors and very good condition.
Some very small binding holes, very minor marks and flaws! Wonderful use of metallic pigments,
nicely executed gauffrage and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines.

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Sneaky Man.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
Nicely executed embossing (gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

An unshaved bold-headed man carefully approaches a woman. In front of them on the floor a set of shungabooks !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Perspective.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
Nicely executed embossing (gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

An abiding young man (probably a virgin) leans backwards on a coffee table while the woman does all the work !
An amazingly detailed composition in a deep-focus perspective !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Teasing Demented Boy.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
Nicely executed embossing (gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

A man tries to capture the attention of a sleeping woman while at the same time draws the attention
of a demented boy !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Emberassed Tattooed Man.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

Look for the tattooed arms of the emberassed client !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Demented Boy - Toy Print.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very small repaired wormholes, very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in very
good state ! Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
Nicely executed embossing (gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

A demented boy is aroused which becomes clear when the folding screen will be unfolded (see pictures!)
Look for the facial expression of the demented boy !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Crying.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state !
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines! Nicely executed embossing
(gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

A very unusual design with a couple having intercourse while the woman is crying !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Wrestling.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state !
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines ! Nicely executed embossing
(gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

A man is having a struggle with two women !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Watching Instructions.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state !
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines ! Nicely executed embossing
(gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

A man (Look for the insecure facial expression!) using some kind of aphrodisiac liquid to enheighten the female orgasm. The instruction papers are on the floor and lighted by a candle which has been carefully placed on the papers ! Look for the sex attributes in the background!

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Watching A Show.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines!

An audience, existing of a man accompanied by four courtesans, are watching a performance of a musician.
In the composition they are subtly divided by a transparant screen. (Highly detailed carving!)

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Toyokuni I - Shunga - Old Man.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock prints Toyokuni I (1769-1825), Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1823.
Chubon size: 10 1/3" x 8 1/2" inches. Series: "Kaichu kagami". Fine impression, very good colors and condition.
Some very minor soiling and browning, minor marks and flaws but overall in a near fine state!
Wonderful use of metalic pigments and very detailed carving of individual hair-lines!
Nicely executed embossing (gauffrage) and 'bokashi"-shading to the face of the woman.

An old man having sex with a geisha !

Shunga designs by Toyokuni I (Master of Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Toyokuni II...etc.)
are relatively rare and the designs from this series are among his best work !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Oral.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling, otherwise in a very good state! Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of
'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer, gauffrage and highly detailed carving
of individual hair-lines !

A design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Kissing.

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Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling, two small wormholes in the below left and right corner otherwise in a very good state!
Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer,
gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

A design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Wild Passion.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling, two small wormholes in the below left and right corner otherwise in a very good state!
Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer,
gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

This print has been described and depicted in:

Reference: This design has been described and depicted on p.277/278 in 'Sex and the Floating World' by Timon Screech.

A famous design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Climax.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling, two small wormholes in the below left and right corner otherwise in a very good state!
Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer,
gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

A design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Impatient Man.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling otherwise in a very good state! Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of
'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer, gauffrage and highly detailed carving
of individual hair-lines !

A design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Kunisada - Shunga - Azuma Genji - c.1837 - Bold Headed Man.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Kunisada (1786-1865). Shunga (Erotic print). Date: c.1837.
Fine impression, colors and very good condition. Series: 'Azuma Genji'. Obon size: 10" x 13 1/2" inches.
Minor wear and soiling otherwise in a very good state! Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of
'bokashi'-shading to the faces, metallic pigments, black lacquer, gauffrage and highly detailed carving
of individual hair-lines !

A bold-headed man is passionately making love to a woman. The black teeth of the woman indicate that
she is married !

A spectacular design from Kunisada's famous Genji series !

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Excellent Meiji Shunga Oban Ikeda Terukata - Young Couple.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921). Shunga (Erotic print).
Meiji period (c.1900-5). Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Oban size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" inches.
Very slight centerfold, a tiny staining spot, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state !
Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, gauffrage and highly
detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

A young couple lost in the passion of love-making !

The prints in this album are characteristic of shunga from the Meiji era: the printing is exquisite, with a generous use of metallic pigments and bokashi (tonal gradation) to express the lovely quality of the kimono. The contour lines are equally refined. Other Meiji artists who designed similar albums include Yoshu Chikanobu, Tomioka Eisen and his pupil Hamda Josen. (cat.no.99). Terukata was a pupil of MIzuno Toshikata (1866-1908). While at Toshikata´s studio he met and later married Sakakibara Shoen (1888-1917), who as Ikeda Shoen became an artist in her own right. Terukata was a designer of kuchi-e and an illustrator of books and magazines. He also produced many horizontal plates, often in albums of twelve images, that featured the latest fashions for major department stores like the Mitsukoshi. These were sometimes issued as a form of advertisement. (p.239 in 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C.Uhlenbeck and M.Winkel.)

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Excellent Meiji Shunga Oban Ikeda Terukata - Black Kimono.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921). Shunga (Erotic print).
Meiji period (c.1900-5). Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Oban size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" inches.
Very slight centerfold, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state! Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
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A couple making love while covered by the woman's black kimono !

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Excellent Meiji Shunga Oban Ikeda Terukata - Naked Woman.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921). Shunga (Erotic print).
Meiji period (c.1900-5). Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Oban size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" inches.
Very slight centerfold, a tiny staining spot, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state! Magnificently
detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual
hair-lines ! See P1071 for more info about these series !

A young couple involved in an erotic foreplay !

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Excellent Meiji Shunga Oban Ikeda Terukata - Masturbating Woman.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921). Shunga (Erotic print).
Meiji period (c.1900-5). Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Oban size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" inches.
Very slight centerfold, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state! Magnificently detailed print with
excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
See P1071 for more info about these series !

A young woman masturbates with a dildo while looking at a shungabook !

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Excellent Meiji Shunga Oban Ikeda Terukata - Samurai & Geisha.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921). Shunga (Erotic print).
Meiji period (c.1900-5). Fine impression, colors and near fine condition. Oban size: 9 1/2" x 12 3/4" inches.
Very slight centerfold, minor marks and flaws otherwise in a wonderful state! Magnificently detailed print with excellent use of 'bokashi'-shading to the faces, gauffrage and highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines !
See P1071 for more info about these series !

A samurai making love to a geisha !

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Rare - Eisen Tomioka - Shunga - Woman And Dog - Bestiality - c.1890.

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Description:
Original Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Eisen Tomioka (1864-1905). Shunga (Erotic print), Date: c.1890.
Fine impression, color and near fine condition. Size: 9 3/4" x 6 1/2" inches. Nicely executed 'bokashi '- shading
to the faces, lightly dusted with mica, extensive burnishing to black parts, metallic pigments, gauffrage and highly
detailed carving of individual hair-lines !

Meiji designs depicting bestiality are a very rare find !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Brothel Interior - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling and very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a magnificent state!
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals). Wonderful use of black lacquer (wonderful details on the black kimono of the man depicted from the back!), gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A delightful depiction of the interior of a brothel. The owner of the house is entertaining his geisha's (courtisans) and a customer who is getting his kiseru (Japanese smoking pipe) ready. Next to the customer sits an oiran (high-class courtisan) accompanied by a young attendant (kamuro)!

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Young Man - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling, some tiny wormholes in the upper margin otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A young man (his hair is not shaven on top!) is making love to his lover from behind !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Village Island - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A nice intimate scene with a couple on the verandah with an island in the background !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Geisha And Customer - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A geisha is having sex with a customer who's pulling a blanket over his back !

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Keisai Eisen - Rare Shunga - Full Monty - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling and very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A completely naked couple (very seldomly depicted in shunga!) are making love while holding
each other in a tight embrace !

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Keisai Eisen - Rare Shunga - Pleasure Quarter - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A delightful insight look of a pleasure quarter in perspective with multiple activities of geisha's
and their clients. Look for the silhouettes in the background !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Foreplay - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise and very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A very funny design depicting a man who's inspecting the vagina of a young ecstatic woman holding
a fan depicting flying geese !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Snowy Landscape - Kingfisher -c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling and very minor marks and flaws otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A woman is checking if the coast is clear while at the same time using her legs juggling with the man's penis.
On the sliding doors a large depiction of a snowy landscape. The insert image (koma-e) illustrates a kingfisher !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Drops Of Cherry Blossom - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state ! Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower
Petals). Title: 'Drops of Cherry Blossom' (Sakura no shizuku). Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and
metallic pigments !

Reference: p.167 (Illustr. 59c) in 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies, Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period' by

C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel.

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Drops Of Fringed Pinks - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state ! Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower
Petals). Title: 'Drops of Fringed Pinks' (Nadeshiko no shizuku). Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and
metallic pigments !

Reference: p.167 (Illustr. 59b) in 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies, Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period' by

C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel.

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Slightly Embarrassed - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A couple is making love in their living-room with the woman leaning backwards in a
slightly embarrassed pose hiding her face behind her sleeve !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Inside The Yoshiwara - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches.  Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling, a very tiny wormhole in the upper right margin otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series:'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

Two oiran (high-class courtisan) and their following are parading through the Yoshiwara.
Look for the young shinzo (attendant to high-ranking courtesan) girls !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Careful Woman - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A woman opens a sliding door to see if there are any uninvited guests !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Threesome - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Size: 10 2/5" x 9 1/10" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

Two women and a man are involved in a sex trio. Look for the complex intertwining of their bodies !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Secret Lovers - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Tobira-e size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

Through a window a couple have a secret encounter. Kuniyoshi designed a similar print
( see p626 on Shunga page 3 ! ) in reverse with the man sliding his arm to a broken sliding door !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Making Up - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Tobira-e size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Minor soiling, extra border attached to right side (not a repair!) otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A woman is making her up for the night. Next to her on the floor lays a mirror and a make-up box !

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Keisai Eisen - Shunga - Reluctant Woman - c.1838.

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Description:
Original antique Japanese color woodblock attrib. to Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Shunga (Erotic print).
Date: c.1838-40. Tobira-e size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" inches. Very good impression, near fine colors and condition.
Very minor soiling and some small wormholes (in upper margin only!) otherwise in a magnificent state !
Series: 'Shunshoku hana no shizuku' (Erotic Drops of Flower Petals).
Wonderful use of black lacquer, gauffrage and metallic pigments !

A reluctant woman is trying to push off an aroused man who's reaching with his hand underneath her kimono !

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