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)
51. Diving girl (Ama)
Ikeda Terukata (1883 – 1921)
Circa 1910
$300
52. Bijin leaning on a railing
Ikeda Terukata (1883 – 1921)
Circa 1910
$300
53. Bijin at the edge of an iris field
Ikeda Terukata (1883 – 1921)
Circa 1910
$200
SOLD
54. Two women in Spring
Mizuno Toshikata
(1866 – 1908)
Circa 1910
$200
55. Women in a tea house
Mizuno Toshikata
(1866 – 1908)
circa 1890s
$350
56. Double vigniette Kuchi-e
Tomioka Eisen (1864 – 1905)
Circa 1900
$200
57. Two girls with a sleeping man
Tomioka Eisen (1864 – 1905)
Late 19th century
$450
58. Kuchi-e story illustration
Late 19th century
$300
59. "Autumn Color"
Tomioka Eisen (1864 – 1905)
Late 19th century
$750
60. Saigyo Meets His wife
Kobori Tomoto (1864 - 1931)
1898
$750