CHOKYOSAI EIRI
Oban Yoko-E Shunga Prints , 1801 (Executed)
Lot #328 |
2022-05-12 |
Bonhams, London, New Bond Street
Polish and Poise: Japanese Art across the Centuries
Category:
Prints
Estimate:
GBP 3,000 - 5,000 (currency of sale)
USD 3,661 - 6,101 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Bonhams
Auction number: 27708
Auction name: Polish and Poise: Japanese Art across the Centuries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London, New Bond Street
Start date: 2022-05-12
End date: 2022-05-12
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Edo Period Art
Department: Prints & Multiples
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Dimensions: The smallest: 24.5cm x 37cm (9 5/8in x 14 9/16in); the largest: 24.5cm x 37.3cm (9 5/8in x 14 11/16in).
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
24.5
Width In Centimeters:
37
Height In Inches:
9.645
Width In Inches:
14.566
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Year notes: Executed in circa 1801.
Catalog summary
CHOKYOSAI EIRI (FL. CIRCA 1790-1801) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1801 A complete set of 13 oban yoko-e shunga (erotic picture) prints from the series Fumi no kiyogaki (Models of Calligraphy), comprising: 1) A Dutch trader making love to a courtesan in Dejima, Nagasaki 2) A lesbian couple using a dildo beside a screen decorated with bamboo 3) A couple making love in a bathhouse 4) A maid from a samurai household and her lover, biting a wad of kaishi (paper) 5) A man grabbing a geisha from behind, a tsuitate (standing screen) in the foreground decorated with a Chinese-style mountain landscape 6) A yotaka (street walker) and her client making love outside, hiding themselves beneath a mushiro (woven mat) 7) A couple making love in front of a folding screen, behind them a tray with food dishes and a sake kettle 8) A couple making love among discarded winter blankets 9) Two lovers in front of a shoji (sliding paper door) 10) An unkempt man and a woman making love, a loose comb in the foreground 11) A couple making love in front of a screen decorated with birds and plum blossoms 12) Two lovers, the man wearing a fundoshi (loin cloth), a screen decorated with bamboo in the foreground 13) A courtesan with her head thrown back in ecstasy using a surikogi (wooden pestle), her client watching Each sheet unsigned . The smallest: 24.5cm x 37cm (9 5/8in x 14 9/16in); the largest: 24.5cm x 37.3cm (9 5/8in x 14 11/16in). (13).