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86 SUGIMURA JIHEI (ACTIVE CA. 1680-98) 89 ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790)

A couple making love White hare and Amaranth

Woodblock print sumizuri-e, unsigned Woodblock print, signed Koryu ga
Horizontal oban: 11¿ x 15 in. (28.3 x 38.1 cm.) Shikishiban surimono: 10 x 7Ω in. (25.4 x 18.8
cm.)
$3,000-4,000
$2,000-3,000

87 OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764)

Shogatsu (First month)

Woodblock print with hand coloring, from the
erotic book Someiro no yama neya no hinagata
(Mounds of dyed colors: a pattern book for the
boudoir)
Horizontal oban: 10√ x 14Ω in. (27.6 x 36.8 cm.)

$6,000-8,000
90 ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790), CHOKYOSAI EIRI
(ACT. 1789-1801) AND ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH
CENTURY)

A group of three shunga
88 SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1724-1770)
Woodblock prints, comprising:
1. A couple making love
Boatman on a pleasure boat 2. A woman enjoying herself
peeking at a couple 3. A couple under mosquito net
1. 7Ω x 10º in. (19.1 x 26 cm.)
Woodblock print, unsigned 2. 6Ω x 8¡ in. (16.5 x 21.3 cm.)
Horizontal chuban: 7√ x 11 in. (20 x 27.9 cm.) 3. 4√ x 7¡ in. (12.4 x 18.8 cm.) (3)

$3,000-4,000 $1,500-2,000