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Okumura
MASANOBU (c.1686-1764)
A major
artist attributed with the invention of the hashira-e and uki-e and who may
have been the first to change from hand colouring to colour printing. Tera
no kashi, “Sweets From a Temple” from Masanobu’s most highly regarded shunga
set: Someiro no yama neya no hinagata, “Mountains of Dyed Colours, Examples
of Bedrooms.” Published c. 1735. Sub-title: Sato Kosho sai, Kichisaburo.
Shows a young monk copulating with a beauty in the vicinity of a temple.
Hence the punning title. Four other illustrations from this set illustrated
in Shunga, Tom and Mary Evans, 1975, 5.64 – 5.67. Extremely rare.
Very good
impression. Careful contemporary hand colouring ( as all prints for this
series ). The red pigment with gum added. Centre fold ( as per usual ) with
repair at top edge. Slight soil, otherwise very good condition for this
period. Unsigned.
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OSAKA
SCHOOL (c.1830)
A complete
set of twelve oban shunga prints. Printed with sumi outline blocks only,
omitting the colour blocks and coloured by hand instead. Extensive details
hand applied and with grey mica grounds and other areas with mica. This set
was either a special one-off commission for a valued client or one set of a
deluxe edition for clients who were willing to pay considerably more than
for the printed version: It obviously took much longer to colour by hand.
There are other examples of this in ukiyoe with prints and books. For an
illustration of one design from the printed commercial edition see: Shunga,
Marco Fagioli, Musee d’Ixelles – Museum van Elsene, 1989, cat. 84, p. 128.
Probably unrecorded. Six prints ( of twelve ) illustrated.
Centre folds
( as per usual ). Some soil and edge damage on one or two designs. Unsigned.
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Okumura
MASANOBU (1686-1764)
A
pair of lovers. Obviously one sheet from a shunga album. A sumizuri-e
print with careful hand-colouring. Although possibly not contemporary the
colouring certainly has considerable age. Published c 1710s.
Very
good impression. Slight offsetting of sumi and other minor soil and backed
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Unsigned Shunga (Attributed to
Utagawa KUMINAO)
Three volumes complete. Shunkei otogi bunko, "Erotic Bedrooms, A
Collection of Fairy Tales". Original covers and title slips.
Published circa early 1850s.
Very fine impressions and colour, very good condition. |
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Unsigned Shunga (Attributed to Ichiyusai
KUNIYOSHI)
Three volumes complete. Shunshoku koi no kakehashi, "A Bridge of
Love". Original covers and title slips. Published circa late 1840s.
Very fine impressions and colour, very good condition. |
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Unsigned Shunga (Attributed to Keisai EISEN)
Three volumes complete. Koi murasaki, "Purple Love". Original
covers and title slips. Published circa early 1840s.
Very fine impressions and colour, one wormhole on one volume, otherwise
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Isoda KORYUSAI (fl.c.1764-1788)
Two complete koban sets of twelve prints each showing loving couples.
Two double pages shown from each album.
Minor soil and one stain, but otherwise very good impression, colour
and condition.
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