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Nishikawa Sukenobu ((1671 - 1751))- Furyu iro kai-awase (Fashionable Erotic Shell Matching). 1711. Illustrated book. 1711. 2 volumes, lacking the colophon and the title-slip on volume 2, otherwise complete.
15 x 22 cm (covers). Fine impressions. Very good condition.

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Isoda Koryusai (active ca. 1764-1788)- Lovers. Circa 1770's.
Chuban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,800

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Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764)- Lovers Underneath a Kotatsu. The Twelfth Month. From the series(Someiro no yama) Neya no hinagata (Mountains of Dyed Colours:Patterns for the Bedroom). Circa 1740.
Hand-coloured sumizuri-e. Oban. 27.3 x 35.6 cm. Very good impression and condition. Centrefold.
$4,200

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- Lovers. 1820's.
Oban. 25.7 x 38.2 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. Faint centrefold. Other designs from this untitled series are in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see Japanese Sexual Imagery, nos. 58a and 58b).
$2,500

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School of Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)- Lovers Embracing Under a Mosquito Net. Circa 1810's.
Koban. 12.5 x 18.8 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,400

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Lovers
Late 1780s. Oban. 25 x 37.7cm. Fine impression. Very good colour. Extremely faint centrefold. Fine condition.
$2,500

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Lovers
Late 1780. Oban. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. Faint centrefold.
$2,500

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Fourth month: A Man Making Love to his Wife. From the series Koshoku zue juniko (Erotic Illustrations for the Twelve Months). Circa 1788.
Circa 1788. Oban. Japanese Erotic Fantasies, plate 36a. Clark et al, Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art, page 192 to 93. Fine impression with very fine colour. Faint centrefold. Fine condition.

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Isoda Koryusai (active ca. 1764-1788)- Sideways (Ogo). From the series Shikido torikumi juni awase (Collection of Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love). Circa 1776.
Koban. Fine impression with very fine, unfaded colour. Fine impression. Trimmed to borderline, otherwise fine condition. The word Torikumi implies sumo bouts and each design from this series refers to a wrestling technique.

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Lovers. Circa late 1780's.
Aiban. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- A set of twelve shunga prints from an untitled series.Late 1780's. Koban.
10.9 x 16.3 each, approx.Very good impressions, colour and condition.
$5,800

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- Lovers. Circa 1820's.
Oban. Fine impression and colour. Centrefold, otherwise fine condition.
$2,200

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)- A Couple Making Love. From the series Tsui no hinagata (Patterns of Loving Couples). 1812.
Oban. Fine impression of the first edition with metallic printing on luxurious paper. Fine colour. Very good condition.

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Isoda Koryusai (active ca. 1764-1788)- Lovers Beside a Screen; a View of Mt. Fuji from the Window. Circa1779.
Chuban. 19.6 x 26.1 cm. Klompmaker, Japanese Erotic Prints, C.7. Fine impression, colour and condition.

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Utagawa Kunitora (Active early to mid 19th century)- Imayo toshiotoko (Modern Men of the Year). Illustrated Book. 3 volumes, lacking title-slips, but otherwise complete. Circa 1827.
Fine impressions with metallic printing. Very good colour and condition. Amongst the rather ordinary designs of this shunga book is one extraordinary illustration, across three pages, of Minamoto no Raiko conjuring up demons with the earth spider depicted as a penis ghost.

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Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)- A Woman Masturbating with a Sex Toy. From the series Koshoku Suetsumuhana (Erotic Suetsumuhana). Circa mid-1780's.
Koban. 10.5 x 16 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. Suetsumuhana (which means safflower) is the name of a female character in the Tale of Genji. The National Institute of Japanese Literature has the complete set of 18 prints.

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Isoda Koryusai (active ca. 1764-1788)- Lovers. From the series Koshoku juni Sugata (Twelve Erotic Appearances). 1780’s.
Koban. 14.8 x 15.3 cm. Fine impression and colour. Very faint centrefold, otherwise fine condition.
$690.

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Rekisentei Eiri (Active late C.18th to early C.19th)- Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net. Circa 1798.
Aiban. 23.6 x 34.5 cm. Fine impression and colour. Unobtrusive centrefold. Very good condition. We have been unable to trace another impression of this elegant design.

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- Lovers Beside a Fan and Iris. 1820’s.
Koban. 12.4 x 18.8 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$600.

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- Lovers. 1820's.
Koban. 12.4 x 18.8 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$600.

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)- A Couple Making Love Underneath a Futon, Behind a Screen. Late 1760's
Chuban. Fine impression with embossing. Fine colour and condition.

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Attributed to Utagawa Kunimori (1818-1843)- Lovers Circa 1830.
Koban. 12.4 x 18.6 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$550

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Utagawa Kunimori (1818-1843)- Shunshoku tama zoroi Circa 1850.
3 volumes complete. 24.5 x 16.7 cm (covers). Fine impressions and colour. Very good condition.

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)- Lovers in Front of a Fishbowl. From the series Wakoku kagami-e (Mirror Picture of Japan).
Late 1760s. Chuban. 20.6 x 28.2cm. Fine impression with brilliant, fresh, unfaded colour. Faint centrefold. Fine condition.

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Ehon warai jogo (Picture Book: The Laughing Drinker)
Circa 1803. Illustrated book. 3 volumes complete. 21.7 x 15.4cm (covers). Asano & Clark 494, Clark, Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art nos. 4 and 52. Fine, early impressions with superb, unfaded colour. Original covers and title-slips show wear, but internal contents are fine. This erotic masterpiece is thought to be Utamaro's final shumpon. Each volume opens with a half-length portrait of a beauty and closes with a detail of the genitalia. This book is extensively discussed in Asano & Clark and Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (op. cit. pages 52 and 207).

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Ehon warai jogo (Picture Book: The Laughing Drinker)
Circa 1803. Illustrated book. 3 volumes complete. 21.7 x 15.4cm (covers). Asano & Clark 494, Clark, Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art nos. 4 and 52. Fine, early impressions with superb, unfaded colour. Original covers and title-slips show wear, but internal contents are fine. This erotic masterpiece is thought to be Utamaro's final shumpon. Each volume opens with a half-length portrait of a beauty and closes with a detail of the genitalia. This book is extensively discussed in Asano & Clark and Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (op. cit. pages 52 and 207).

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Lovers Beside a Screen
Late 1780s. Chuban. 19.3 x 25.7cm. Fine impression. Very fine, unfaded colour. Fine condition.

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Isoda Koryusai (active ca. 1764-1788)- A Night Scene of a Woman Disturbed by Two Lovers
Early 1770s. Chuban. 19.4 x 26.1cm. Evans, Shunga, 3-G. Fine impresion, colour and condition.

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Katsukawa Shuncho (Active late 1770s-late 1790s)- Lovers.
Late 1780s. From the series Keichu majura nishiki (Multi-coloured Pillows in Bed). Ca. Chuban. 19.4 x 26.3 cm). Fine, early impression with exquisite printing. Fine colour. Fine condition with small flaws. A fine example of benigirai printing.