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. Additional Shunga prints not pictured here are available.
(Click on photo to see a larger image of the object, some thumbnails are considerably cropped)
21. Bijin meeting the modern Genji
Enshoku Futaba Genji
(vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
SOLD
22. The modern Genji
Enshoku Futaba Genji
(vol. 2 only)
Mid 19th century
SOLD
23. Woman tying on her clothing
Koi no Kakehashi
(vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$250
24. Man peeking through a hole at a woman
Koi no Kakehashi
(vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$250
SOLD
25.
Woman in red and man in front of floral and striped screen
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
SOLD
26.
With floral lantern
Enshoku Futaba Genji
(vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
27.
Orally lubricating his hand
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$450
SOLD
28.
Before swallow and bamboo screen
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$450
SOLD
29.
Couple before wood-grained shoji
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$450
30.
A sake break
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
SOLD