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SHUNGA (EROTIC PICTURES)
Various Properties
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ATTRIBUTED TO SUZUKI HARUNOBU
(1725-1770)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s
Two chuban yoko-e erotic prints: the first from
the series Enshoku koi no urakata (The Spell of
Amorous Love), depicting a couple startled as
a young girl suddenly enters the room through
the noren (doorway curtain), unsigned, with
a collector’s seal of Hayashi Tadamasa at
the lower right corner, mounted on a paper,
18.5cm x 25cm (7¼in x 9 7/8in); the second
depicting a woman making a love to her lover
beside her husband, sleeping unaware on a
futon, unsigned, 20.5cm x 27cm
(8 1/16in x 10 5/8in). (2).
£1,200 - 1,500
JPY180,000 - 230,000
US$1,600 - 2,000
Provenance:
The first: Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)
Collection.

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285*
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s
A chuban yoko-e erotic print of Tenugui no
kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel
Rack) from the series Furyu zashiki hakkei
(Eight Fashionable Parlor Views), depicting
a young girl and a man kissing in front of a
mirror, a tenugui on a rack on the veranda,
fluttering in the light breeze; unsigned.
21.3cm x 28.8cm (8 3/8in x 11 5/8in).

£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,500

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