Lot 766: f - REKISENTEI EIRI, (FL. C.1790-1800), C.1801

SHUNGA FROM THE SERIES `FUMI NO KIYOGAKI' (CALLIGRAPHIC MODELS)

SHUNGA FROM THE SERIES `FUMI NO KIYOGAKI' (CALLIGRAPHIC MODELS)

oban, each sheet approx., 25.7 by 39cm., 10 1/8 by 15 5/16 in.

comprising twelve (from a complete set of thirteen) erotic prints depicting couples making love:
1) Dutchman making love to a courtesan
2) A lesbian couple beside a screen decorated with bamboo
3) A couple making love in a bathhouse
4) Maid from a Samurai household, biting a wad of kaishi and her lover
5) A man approaching a woman from behind, a tsuitate with a mountain landscape in the foreground
6) A couple making love outdoors beside an abaraya
7) A couple making love beside a tray with dishes and saké kettle
8) A couple making love, Winter blankets thrown aside
9) Two lovers in front of a shoji
10) Two lovers, the man unkempt, a comb in the foreground
11) A couple making love infront of a screen decorated with birds and plum plossoms
12) Two lovers, a screen decorated with bamboo in the foreground
Unsigned

Condition Note: Fairly good to moderately fair impressions, most extensively faded, rather soiled, and rubbed, the majority with centre-fold mark, a few prints slightly stained

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Quantity: 12