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Utagawa Kunisada - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Auktion 1053 - Übersicht Köln
05.06.2015, 10:30 - Japanische Kunst - Holzschnitte, Malerei, Kunstgewerbe
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Utagawa Kunisada

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Enshi goju yojô. Vol. 1 (setsu). Shunga album. One single and 7 double page colour illustrations of erotic scenes, with 12 pages of text by Ryutei Tanehiko (1783-1842). Bound in its original cover with genji-mon and aogai leaves. Signed on a byobu in one of the illustrations: Bukiyô Matahei. Seal: Namazu. Published by Kinkodô Kikuya Kozaburô in Edo in 1835. Fine impressions and colours, gold, silver, urushi, blind printing, lower margins slightly rubbed, slightly soiled in text, generally very good condition.
25,7 x 18 cm

This album consists of 3 volumes which are numbered according to the „setsugekka“ (snow, moon and flower). It is an erotic reference to Tanehiko's “Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji”, which was published between 1829 and 1842 in numerous episodes. It is a parody of Murasaki Shikibu's work “Genji monogatari”. The first edition of Tanehiko's Genji was illustrated by Kunisada. The serial became such a hit with the public that we see many 19th century ukiyo-e artists producing series based on the book.