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)
31.
Noctural assignation
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$400
SOLD
32.
Before a winter screen
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$300
33.
Sidewalk engagement
Koi no Kakehashi (vol. 2)
Early 19th century
$500
SOLD
34.
By the hibachi
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$400
35.
Interior with a view of a garden pond
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$250
SOLD
36.
On a balcony by the water
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$450
37. One man with nine women
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$2500
38.
By the pink lantern
Enshoku Futaba Genji (vol. 2)
Mid 19th century
$350
SOLD
39. Mount Yoshino midnight-moon - Iga no Tsubone
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)
19th century
$1000
SOLD
40. The Yugao chapter from "The Tale of Genji"
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)
19th century
$1500
SOLD