5212 - 5421 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- All prints (sl.) wormholed.
- All (trifle/ sl.) dam./ wormholed.
- With (reinforced) vertical centre fold; trifle/ sl. rubbed. = Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- All lower corners trifle/ sl. fingersoiled and blank margins trimmed.
- Trifle fingersoiled in left margin; sl. faded.
- Partly trimmed in blank margins; all w. binding holes; 2x w. sm. wormholes in blank margin; partly sl. soiled.
= Comprises nos. 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18 and 23(?).
- One leaf tipped onto mount along top; partly sl. soiled; all trimmed but without loss of image, occas. loss of ornamental border w. genji mon (symbols indicating chapters of the Tale of Genji).
- Trifle/ sl. rubbed.
= From the ehon Fûzoku Sangokushi. Sangokushi (Tale of Three Kingdoms) the Japanese adaptation of a fourteenth century Chinese literary classic. Fûzoku is a double-entendre that literally refers to manners or customs, but is often used to indicate the sex industry or sex-work.
Ryusuitei, Tanekiyo (1823-1907). (Iris). (Begonia). Two col. woodcuts on 2 attached lvs., 14,5x20,5 cm.
- Both doubled, closing some dam. spots; sl. soiled.
= From the ehon Enjô hanakurabe (Feelings of Love, Contest of Flowers).
AND 6 other col. woodcuts.
- Backed w. Japanese; sl. fingersoiled in lower corners.
= From the ehon Kaidan yoru no tono (Tales of Pussy in the Palace at Night). A kotatsu is a table with a small stove/ heater underneath, covered with a thick blanket. Often used in winter.
Idem. (Ruffian forcing himself on a woman while restraining her lover with his foot). Col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs., 18,5x26,5 cm., 1829.
- Backed w. Japanese; sl. rubbed in lower corners. = From the ehon Iro nikki (Erotic Diary).
AND 4 others i.a. ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Two lovers restrained with rope) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs. Sl. rubbed) and ANONYMOUS (19th cent.), (Benzaiten making love on a cloud) (col. woodcut on 2 attached lvs.).
= From a shunga series of the 53 stations of the Tôkaidô.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (An oiran having sex with her customer). Col. woodcut w. gaufrage, 8,5x12 cm. - AND 4 others similar.
- With a few closed wormholes; trimmed in blank margins; w. vertical centre fold.
= From Negai no itoguchi (The Prelude to Desire), one of 13. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- With wormholes in upper right corner; trimmed within borderline on all margins except right; backed w. thin Japanese, one wormholed corner reinforced w. piece of paper.
= Part of a diptych or triptych.
Yoshikuni (act. 1803-1840). Kokonobake no uchi. Toba-e. Nakamura Utaemon III (Nakamura Utaemon as a comic drawing from the series Dance of Nine Changes). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Judôdô Yoshikuni-ga w. red seal, publisher Honsei, 1825.
- Rubbed/ sl. soiled and w. vertical crease in the centre.
AND 1 other by YOSHIKUNI (act. 1803-1840) from the same series.
- Rubbed/ sl. soiled and w. vertical crease in the centre.
- Trifle rubbed/ worn along edges.
Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, w. aratame-zodiac seal, 1861.
- With a few sm. wormholes.
AND 3 others by KUNISADA (2x) and KUNICHIKA (1x).
- Vol. 4 and 5 (of 10) only. Contents waterstained; partly (heavily) fingersoiled along lower margin. Wr. (badly) worn.
= Rare.
- Occasionally sl. rubbed in lower corners; occas. trifle soiled; trifle wrinkled. Wrs. worn.
AND 5 other e-hon bound unif. w. the above.
- Slightly soiled.
AND 2 anonymous (col.) woodcut shunga prints, 12x14 cm. and 15x21 cm.
- Waterstained in blank upper margin; one wormhole throughout. Binding worn; modern thread loosening.
= Depicting trees. Hillier p.281.
- Trifle soiled/ foxed.
= A rare painting by the artist mostly known for his woodblock print designs.