RARE GENUINE 1830s EROTIC WOODBLOCK PRINT (Shunga Ukiyo-e), JAPAN

Utagawa school Fine Erotic “Shunga” Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print. 1830s-1840s, Japan (Edo Period). Multicolor woodblock print on paper. 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches (image); 7 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches (sheet). Unsigned (typical of “Shunga”). Skillfully executed “bokashi” shading; light “gauffrage” (embossing) to kimonos and bodies; “burnishing” to black areas; crisp lines, highly detailed carving. […]

Kasamatsu Shiro JAPANESE Woodblock Print SHIN HANGA Ueno Toshogu

(SAME QUALITY BUT NOT THE EXACT ONES PICTURED). Heisei edition ATOZURI print from Original woodblocks. In the 1950s he published bird and animal prints, landscapes and “famous views” with the publisher Unsodo – alltogether more than 100. Shiro Kasamatsu worked in Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga style. Ban Tate-e Large size : 16.25 x 11 […]