Lot 466: Chokyosai Eiri (act. 1789-1801)

Chokyosai Eiri (act. 1789-1801)
A couple, just after lovemaking, she is pulling a grey blanket over their nude bodies, from the series of thirteen prints titled Fumi no kiyogaki (Models of calligraphy), published in 1801, very good impression and colour, good condition, prominent, and thinned centrefold, two large restored wormholes; and another attributed to Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921) depicting a young man giving oral stimulation to a girl, c.1900-5, probably from an album of twelve oban prints, fine impression, colour and condition, centrefold, a small stain in the left margin, beautiful use of gauffrage (2)

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