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Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912),
Two folding albums of 12 erotic paintings: the first, ink, colour, gold, 19th to early 20th century
silver and gofun on mica ground, with double-page illustrations of Seven paintings of various formats and sizes: two holding-fan
12 scenes of love making by couples from different social classes, paintings; the first, ink, colour and gofun on gold paper ground
unsigned, overall: 19.2cm x 24.5cm (19 3/8in x 9 11/16in); image: depicting a snow-capped flowering plum tree over a river, unsigned,
48.7cm x 19.2cm (19 3/8in x 7 9/16in); the second in ink, colour on 43.5cm (17 3/16in) wide, the second, ink, colour and gofun on paper,
silk, depicting 12 scenes of love making by different couples, unsigned, depicting a bird perched on a rock beneath a snow-clad bamboo
overall: 26cm x 38cm (10¼in x 15in); image: 21.7cm x 34cm tree, unsigned, 52m (20½in) wide; the third and fourth, two shikishi-
(8 9/16in x 13 3/8in). (2). ban paintings of a red plum tree, and a white plum tree, both, ink and
colour on silk, with the tarashikomi technique on tree branches, both
£1,000 - 1,500 inscribed Sekka hitsu with a seal, both approx., 27.5cm x 24.3cm
JPY150,000 - 230,000 (10 13/16in x 9 9/16in); the last three by the same artist, depicting a
US$1,400 - 2,000 sheaf of hagi (bush clovers), a white plum tree, and a flowering wisteria
tree, respectively, two inscribed Hokyo Korin with a seal, one signed
with a seal only, all approx., 23.7cm x 29.5cm (9 5/16in x 11 5/8in). (7).

£600 - 800
JPY91,000 - 120,000
US$820 - 1,100

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