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268 * 270 *
ANONYMOUS ANONYMOUS
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
Makimono (horizontal scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, mid-19th/early 20th century
depicting scenes of demonic coupling and auto-erotism, unsigned, Makimono (horizontal scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts with
titled Oshidori higi (Private frolics of male and female ducks); with a striped wrapper and bone jikusaki depicting scenes of sumo wrestlers
wooden storage box. Overall: 32cm x 435.5cm (12 5/8in x 171½in); and umpires coupling with courtesans, unsigned, the title slip and
image: 30cm x 405cm (11 7/8in x 159½in). (2). wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Shunga manga makimono
(Scroll of cartoon erotica). Overall: 29cm x 504.5cm (11 3/8in x
£600 - 800 198½in); image: 24cm x 437.5cm (9½in x 172¼in). (2).
JPY89,000 - 120,000
US$790 - 1,100 £800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
269 * US$1,100 - 1,300

ANONYMOUS ARTISTS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century 271 * TP
17 albums leaves bound in orihon (concertina-fold) format, ten in pairs OGATA GEKKO (1859-1920)
forming a two-page spread and seven on the left-hand side of a two- Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century
fold spread, ink, colours, and gold on silk mounted on gold-flecked Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and colours on gold-washed
paper, with gold-flecked endpapers and covers of printed cloth on paper, depicting dolls in a variety of court and military ceremonies,
board with floral designs and a blank title slip, depicting couples and each signed Gekko with a seal. Overall: 124.3cm x 276.8cm (49in x
groups engaged in lovemaking, two of them with poems, the majority 109in); image: 120.7cm x 273.6cm (47½in x 107¾in).
of the scenes each by one of probably two artists, one smaller leaf by
a third artist, one scene depicting the tragic seventeenth-century lovers £2,000 - 3,000
Ohana and Hanshichi, with Hanshichi inscribing his name on Ohana’s JPY300,000 - 450,000
left thigh. Overall: 21.5cm x 27.5cm (8½in x 10¾in); 14 images: US$2,600 - 4,000
18.5cm x 24.3cm (7¼in x 9½in); two images: 17.5cm x 23.5cm
(6 7/8in x 9¼in); one image: 12.4cm x 17.1cm (4 7/8in x 6¾in). Illustrated on page 150.
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,300

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 149