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SCHOOL OF TOSA MITSUOKI (1617-1691)
Edo period (1615-1868) 17th/18th century
A horizontal handscroll painted in ink, colors, and mica on paper depicting
various shunga (erotic pictures) featuring 12 scenes of couples engaged in
erotic encounters, the leader paper with a later image of a skeleton painted
by Shimomura Kanzan, signed and sealed Kanzan, the scroll bearing the
signature Tosa Hogen Mitsuoki no hitsu and bearing seal Mitsuoki no in and
signed and sealed Kanzan
With a tomobako storage box inscribed Hashimoto Gaho sensei kan,
Kanzan zo (certified by Hashimoto Gaho, in the collection of Kanzan)
15 1/4 x 298 3/8in (39.4 x 757.8cm), image paper, 15 1/4 x 12in (39.4 x
30.5cm), leader paper
$4,000 - 5,000

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