1069 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE EROTIC PAPER EPHEMERA, SHUNGA MEIJI 1868-1912
1070 A SMALL COLLECTION OF EROTIC PAPER EPHEMERA, SHUNGA 19TH/20TH CENTURIES
Comprising: loose pages from different books, most depicting couples enjoying daily activities, and also including an ithyphallic man pursuing a nude deity floating before a silver moon crescent; together with two albums including a copy of Yakumo no Chigiri (‘Poetic Intercourse’) by Tomioka Eisen (1864-1905), 17.5cm x 25.3cm max. (a lot)
Including three Japanese woodblock prints of couples engaged in erotic pursuits, ukiyo-e, all mounted on board; a Chinese framed and glazed scroll painting of the same couple in many different positions; and a Japanese handscroll printed with depictions of Dutchmen and Japanese women in coitus, 83cm max. (5)
£200-300
£250-350 Provenance: the shunga woodblock prints purchased from Clive Fuzzard.
1071 TWO JAPANESE ALBUMS OF EROTIC WOODBLOCK PRINTS, SHUNGA MEIJI 1868-1912 Both by Tomioka Eisen (1864-1905) and entitled Yakumo no Chigiri (‘Poetic Intercourse’), including many depictions of couples engaged in love making, with slight variations between albums in the positions depicted, 17.5cm x 25.3cm max. (2)
£200-300
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