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Property from a French private collection
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
(Ehon) Kaidan yoru no tono
Details
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
(Ehon) Kaidan yoru no tono
Livre érotique illustré en trois volumes, estampes en couleurs avec volets mobiles.
Dimensions de chaque volume : 22,3 x 15,7 cm. (8 ¾ x 6 1⁄8 in.)
(Ehon) Kaidan yoru no tono
Livre érotique illustré en trois volumes, estampes en couleurs avec volets mobiles.
Dimensions de chaque volume : 22,3 x 15,7 cm. (8 ¾ x 6 1⁄8 in.)
Provenance
Miyagawa Mangyo (1886-1957), an essayist who ran Miyagawa, a famous Tokyo eel restaurant.
Mizuochi Roseki (1872-1919), poet and pupil of Mosaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and thence by descent.
Private collection.
Christie's London, Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary, 15 October 2014, lot 123.
Mizuochi Roseki (1872-1919), poet and pupil of Mosaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and thence by descent.
Private collection.
Christie's London, Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary, 15 October 2014, lot 123.
Further details
UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
(Ehon) Kaidan yoru no tono [Picture Book: Tales of Pussy in the Palace at Night]
Illustrated erotic book, 3 volumes (complete), colour woodblock with fold-out moving pictures
(Ehon) Kaidan yoru no tono [Picture Book: Tales of Pussy in the Palace at Night]
Illustrated erotic book, 3 volumes (complete), colour woodblock with fold-out moving pictures
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