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)
11. Geisha performing in the Niwaka Festival
Kikugawa Eizan
(1787 – 1867)
$650
12. Kabuki Actors Segawa Kikunojo III and Arashi Hinasuke
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 - 1825)
1798
$1750
13.
Equestrian and women in rice field
Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. c. 1850 – 80)
1855
$650
14.
Act 5 from the play "Kanadehon
Chushinguro"
Circa 1810
$450
15.
Honji Station
Keisai Eisen
(1790 - 1848)
1835
$1500
16.
"Minakuchi", Station 51 from the series: "Sanoki", or " Half-Block Tokaido"
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Late 1830's
$275
17.
Poem number 52 from"100 poems by 100 poets"
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
Circa 1835
$1750
18.
"Shono," Station 46 from the series: "Marusei" or "Reisho Tokaido"Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Circa 1850
$1500
19. At Nari (Fox) Shrine in Takata
Tori Kiyonaga
(1752 – 1815)
Probably early 1780s
$450
20.
Sparrow Dance Performance
Hishikawa Moronobu (1618-1694)
18th century
$1750
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