Passions and Pleasures
December 1, 2007 - March, 2008
The following selection of woodblock prints includes works by early masters, Meiji artists, and a group of anonymous Utagawa School Shunga, or erotic prints. The prints depict the pleasure quarter and its inhabitants, landscapes, and theatrical subjects.
(Click on photo to see a larger image of the object, some thumbnails are considerably cropped)
1. Two Girls and Dog
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 – 1806)
18th century
$1250
2. Two Women
Kitagawa Utamaro II
Early-19th century
$1250
SOLD
3. "The Happy Prince"
Kogai (active 3rd quarter 18th c.)
$1800
4. A man kneeling before two women
Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 – 1819)
$2500
5. Washing the Buddha
Kitao Shigemasa (1735-1820)
$850
6. Ladies in Parade
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 – 1825)
$1500
7. Woman with Snowball
Suzuki Harunobu
(ca. 1725 - 1770)
$2500
SOLD
8. Two Women Grinding Leaves
Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
$1500
9.Actor as a Courtesan
Kiyoshiru, Torii School
$1750
10. Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Dokan Yama Mountain
|Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
$1800