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Shunga Period

Antique Edo Period Shunga Woodblock Print by Kikukawa Eizan, 1810-1820
By Kikukawa Eizan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. Shunga Print Nicely framed Additional information: Material: Paper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

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Paper

Japanese Shunga, Sitting Woman
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful example of the Japanese art form known as shunga, this sensual work depicts woman
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Paint, Gouache

Set of Six Japanese Ido Period Shunga 'Erotica' Hanging Lacquered Wood Panels
Located in North Miami, FL
more emphasising). Shunga was widely accepted in the Edo period, owned and displayed by both men and
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Art

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Metal, Iron

"The Embrace (Shunga Study), " Mixed Media Collage
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
combination of print and collage, this work entitled “The Embrace (Shunga Study)” condenses the complex
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Paper, Ink

"The Embrace (Shunga Study)" Collage by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
combination of print and collage, this work entitled “The Embrace (Shunga Study)” condenses the complex
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Contemporary Art

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Paper

1st Century BC Group of 4 Terracotta Animals from Indus Valley
Located in Dallas, TX
E. Manheim – A group of four terracotta animals – Indus Valley, Shunga Period, 1st Century BC – 1st
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Sculptures and Carvings

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Terracotta

19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shunga Unknown artist Meiji era, circa 1880 Hand-scroll mounted with 12 paintings Ink
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Okimono of a Shunga Lady Playing a Biwa
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Heisei period wood carved okimono of a shunga lady playing a Biwa. Made during the Heisei
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1990s Japanese Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Leporello Illustration Book Filled with Toba-E 鳥羽絵 Shunga 春画 Paintings
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Leporello illustration book filled with polychrome erotic Toba-e (caricatures style) shunga
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Paper

Japanese PAinting Taisho Period Scroll Reed Cutter Nihonga Eitatsu Koyama
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Meiji Period (1868-1912). Initially, he studied Western-style art under Honda Kinkichiro (1850-1921
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Vintage 1930s Taisho Paintings

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Silk

Chicken and Rooster
By Kobayashi Kiyochika
Located in Fairlawn, OH
shunga erotic pictures, despite government censorship. In the Meiji period
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1910s Showa Animal Prints

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Woodcut

Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword - Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
warrior prints, shunga erotica, and most notably bijin-ga. In his actor prints, like Sharaku, one sees
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Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Kabuki Actor with Pine-Patterned Robe - Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
warrior prints, shunga erotica, and most notably bijin-ga. In his actor prints, like Sharaku, one sees
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Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

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Located in London, GB
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Bronze

Fine Taxidermy Birdcage 'Orchestra No1' by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
A huge 19th Century French Birdcage with a composition of nineteen Fine Taxidermy birds. We can imagine this being an amazing orchestra of beautiful tunes. Among the musicians are a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Russian Imperial Silver Punch Set From Czar Alexander III
Located in New Orleans, LA
A monumental piece of history, this exquisite silver punch set was made for Czar Alexander III as a gift to British Captain Joseph Wiggins. Heavily decorated with rich engravings and...
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Antique 19th Century Russian Other Serving Pieces

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At the Mirror
By Frederick Carl Frieseke
Located in New Orleans, LA
the most important American Impressionists of his age. While many of his contemporaries focused on the landscape, Frieseke gained his inspiration from the figural, and in particular ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Located in the hall of a ballroom, this exceptional fireplace welcomed the 80 guests of Edward Julius Berwind's luxurious New York home in the Louis XV style. It attests to the true ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble

The Bather by Childe Hassam
By Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam 1859-1935 American The Bather Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right) Oil on canvas Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 inches framed: 17 x 14 inches
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Spanish Colonial Screen
Located in Mexico, DF
Fantastic Spanish Colonial school screen. Probably from Peru. This screen, with a kind of European landscape, give us an idea of the influence of Europe, especially Spain, in the Col...
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Antique 18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings

Spanish Colonial Screen
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Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper

Erotic Scene - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the second half of XIX century by an anonymous Japanese artist of XIX century, From a collec...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Nude woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
María Rosa Arsalaguet (1922-2003) - Female nude - Oil on canvas Oil measures 86x65 cm. Frameless. painter. He specialized in religious themes, still lifes and flowers. He participa...
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Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serape...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures

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Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
H 26.78 in W 14.97 in D 41.34 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from one...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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Mexican Cabinet with Nacar Shell Inlays, the Base and the Columns are Bronze
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
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Japanese Shunga, Couple Intertwined
Located in New Orleans, LA
shunga. Shunga, a traditional Japanese term of erotic art, translates to "picture of spring", where
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20th Century Other Art Style Nude Paintings

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Paint, Paper

A Japanese Erotic or Shunga Ningyo Light Box from the Meiji Period
Located in Astoria, NY
A Meiji Period Japanese Erotic or Shunga wooden light box with male and female Ningyo (dolls) in
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Shunga, Man and Woman Making Love
Located in New Orleans, LA
shunga. Shunga, a traditional Japanese term of erotic art, translates to "picture of spring", where
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Paint

Japanese Fine and Early "Shunga" Tosa School Erotic Painting, circa 1700
Located in South Burlington, VT
effect in a tradition that goes back to the Heian Period in the 8th. century. Amusingly the man is
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Paper

Japanese Fine Hand-Carved Shunga Erotic Folk Sculpture, Signed and Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
authentic Japanese hand-carved and hand-painted wooden Shunga erotic sculpture of a passionate embracing
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Unique Antique Hand-Painted Silk Paintings Erotic Couples Shunga Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
, tears , or repairs. Age: All silk paintings date from the late Meiji period circa 1900. The artist as
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Silk

Japanese Fine and Early "Shunga" Tosa School Erotic Humor Painting, circa 1700
Located in South Burlington, VT
that goes back to the Heian Period in the 8th. century. Amusingly the man is wearing nothing. This
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Antique Japanese Ceramic Wall Hanging with Erotic Underside, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese hand modeled and painted pottery wall hanging in shape of Daruma with Shunga
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Ceramic

Japanese Showa Era Porcelain Erotica Serving Plates
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Japanese porcelain serving dishes. Showa period, 1926 to 1989. Rectangular shape. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Showa Tableware

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Monoprint Yellow Composition by Kenjilo Nanao
Located in New York, NY
later renowned Abstract Expressionist period. Since the early seventies, Kenjilo Nanao has been a
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Japanese Shunga, Man and Woman Embracing
Located in New Orleans, LA
shunga drawing is exceptional. This sensual work depicts a man and woman in a carnal embrace. Translated
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20th Century Other Art Style Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Paint, Paper

Japanese Shunga, Man and Woman Intertwined
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bright color and dynamic composition distinguish this Japanese shunga drawing depicting a man and
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper, Gouache

Two Antique Japanese Shunga 'Erotica' Works of Art
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Two antique Japanese Shunga (erotica) works of art. One a shallow dish with explicit detail and
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20th Century Antiquities

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Ceramic

Pair Framed Antique Japanese Shunga Paintings on Silk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful pair Shunga painting (the Japanese erotic painting) from the Meiji period, circa late
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Naughty Shunga Folk Art Lady Okame, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here's a wonderful bit of rare authentic Japanese 19th century Shunga sexy Folk art! From Japan
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Pair of Framed Antique Japanese Shunga Paintings on Silk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful pair of Shunga painting (the Japanese erotic painting) from the Meiji period, circa
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Shunga Representations - Woodcut Print by Japanese Master Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
before the Edo period, the shungas were rare and reserved for court environments, and only after that
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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Japanese Antique Woodblock Print Album Erotic Couples Shunga Art, 11 Prints
Located in South Burlington, VT
for prints of this age. Age: All silk woodblock prints date from the late Meiji period, circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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Paper

Pair of Shunga Scenes - Woodcut Print by Japanese Master Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
characteristic of Shunga. Although they already existed before the Edo period, the shungas were rare and reserved
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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Antique Japanese Erotic Porcelain Sake Set, circa 1890
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare antique Japanese porcelain 11-piece sake set with finely painted shunga erotic scenes
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

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Porcelain

Japan Antique Album Erotic Women 38 Woodblock Prints, easily framable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Important Japanese complete antique pillow album of thirty eight (38) erotic Shunga woodblock
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

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Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock -- Woman Looking At Her Sleeping Kamuro
By Suzuki (Hozumi) Harunobu
Located in Soquel, CA
servant) or "Mother and Daughter" by Edo period artist Harunobu Suzuki (Japanese, 1724-1770). Signed
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Early 20th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Rice Paper, Ink

'Kawarazaki Gonjuro Acting as Araiso no Koji' original ukiyo-e woodblock 1860s
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
he was in full-sized prints, and notable among his book prints are shunga pictures, which appeared in
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1860s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Chicken and Rooster
By Kobayashi Kiyochika
Located in Fairlawn, OH
shunga erotic pictures, despite government censorship. In the Meiji period
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1910s Showa Animal Prints

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Woodcut

31 Flavors Invading Japan/Today's Special
By Masami Teraoka
Located in San Francisco, CA
activity in Japanese Edo period shunga prints—suggesting there are nuanced sublimated appetites at work in
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Utagawa Kunisada Attributed Shunga Life of Prince Genji, Early 19th Century
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Vienna, Vienna
art and culture in the late Edo period. The woodcuts themselves measure 9.4x12.5 cm The fanfolds
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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