Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)
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Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)
Complete set of twelve shunga prints, mounted as a handscroll, comprising a one-sheet introduction, titled E-awase kinkaisho (Depiction of the pleasure of a painting competition [from the Tale of Genji]), twelve-sheet erotic scenes, four-sheet text, and one-sheet postscript--fine impressions, very good color though some pigments partially faded, slightly soiled and worn along top and bottom edge, slight creases and vertical center folds, worming throughout text, in wood box
26 x 613.3cm. (12)
Complete set of twelve shunga prints, mounted as a handscroll, comprising a one-sheet introduction, titled E-awase kinkaisho (Depiction of the pleasure of a painting competition [from the Tale of Genji]), twelve-sheet erotic scenes, four-sheet text, and one-sheet postscript--fine impressions, very good color though some pigments partially faded, slightly soiled and worn along top and bottom edge, slight creases and vertical center folds, worming throughout text, in wood box
26 x 613.3cm. (12)