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41389No date end of 19th century. Brown linen 43 x 29 cm with a drawing of a young man looking dreamily out of a window. Edges embroidered in red design. On verso 7 highly erotic black/white photographic reproductions of paintings pasted on. 9 x 13 cm each. Linen slightly stained. unknown
188015604AB1880. Japan ca. 1880 25 : 260 cm 9 scenes on paper mounted on paper scroll. Cloth binding. With detailled erotic scenes in the typical 'Shunga' manner. hardcover
9828Three frontis. & 18 double-page color-printed woodblock illus. Colored title-page in Vol. I with gold printing. 15; 11.5; 12.5 folding leaves. Three vols. 12mo 115 x 81 mm. orig. decorated semi-stiff wrappers with a few careful repairs orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers new stitching. Japan: late Edo.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> A very rare shunga with the artist’s pen name KairÅ dÅketsu 開楼童傑 on the title; and the author’s pen name KaikÅsha ShikishŠ開好舎色照 at the end of the Preface. The theme of this work is celebrating the New Year and hoping for a good future.<br /> <br> <br> The books are very finely illustrated with a number of highly complex and skilled images. The volumes use almost all of the techniques that make Japanese illustrated books so wonderful. This late shunga is richly colored and employs bokashi the delicate variation of shading of pigment within the image incredibly delicate embossing and the very ample use of gold silver and copper pigments. The furniture art and sliding doors all suggest a happy present and an auspicious future.<br /> <br> <br> Fine copy. unknown
193216772AB1932. 1932. 205 : 195 cm. 37 pages with 2 plates and 17 erotic initials. Half vellum title in gold on spine tiop edge gilt Illustrated original wrappers bound in original slipcase. One of 100 numbered copies of the only edition. Erotic poems in Czech with. Each poem with a erotic initial. The two plates with strong erotic illustrations. Rare. hardcover
1930130331N.p. 1930. Unbound. Very Good. The sheets are very legible and have most probably been written for a publication with sections of printed text to which the observations relate pasted onto some of the pages. The sheets are numbered N45 57-64 124 and are written on one side only. Some age toning to the paper but in good condition. c200m x 170mm. c1930. This mildly erotic tale written by Fougeret De Montbron was first published in 1683 and was republished in 1928 with an introduction by Guillaume Apollinaire. The printed text extracts do not appear to be from that edition and these drafts might reward further research. <br/> <br/> N.p. unknown
9827Three frontis. & 21 double-page color-printed woodblock illus. 16; 12.5; 13.5 folding leaves. 12mo 113 x 80 mm. orig. decorated semi-stiff wrappers with images of rabbits snowflakes & flowers labels on upper covers with motif of flowers old stitching. Japan: late Edo or early Meiji.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> A very rare small-format erotic work written by IkkadÅ Injin é€¸æ¡‚å ‚æ·«äºº and illustrated by KaikÅtei Shujin 開好äºä¸»äºº both clearly pen names. These volumes are very finely illustrated with the theme of “snow moon and flower.â€<br /> <br> <br> The artist was very accomplished and the images are highly complex and skilled. The volumes use almost all of the techniques that make Japanese illustrated books so remarkable. This late shunga is richly colored and employs bokashi the delicate variation of shading of pigment within the image; blind-embossing; and the very ample use of gold silver and copper pigments. The depicted garments are a mixture of extremely complex textures colors and patterns all accentuated by blind-embossing and multiple woodblock impressions. There are two kinds of black flat black and shiny black rendering a most unusual appearance.<br /> <br> <br> A very fine example. The title-page in Vol. I is a little cracked due to the use of metallic pigment. unknown
2111902153100085PARCO Publishing N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 PARCO Publishing paperback
7720Ten cards 181 x 50 mm. all preserved in the orig. folded color-printed wrapper entitled on upper panel Furyu e tanzaku Elegantly Illustrated Tanzaku Cards. Japan: Meiji Era.<br/> <br/> Ten erotic cards issued together each in the tanzaku ban format and accompanied by their original color-printed wrapper. Tanzaku cards were popular in the Meiji era 1868-1912; see Rosina Buckland’s “Erotic Art of the Meiji Era 1868-1912†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 454-55.<br/> <br/> The upper panel of each is very finely color-printed with saturated inks embossing and rich use of metallic pigments revealing the Japanese printer’s art at its best. They all depict men and women engaged in a series of sexual acts. The woodblock-printed lower panels feature the conversations of the couples while engaged in their sexual acts and kyoka poems which are rich in sexual innuendos and racy double-meanings.<br/> <br/> The original wrapper that contains the ten cards has also been very finely color-printed again with saturated colors and embossing.<br/> <br/> In fine condition. unknown
2009mon0004125100Es Publishing 2009-08-15. Hardcover. Like New. 1.2000 11.1000 8.7000. Es Publishing hardcover
7719Scroll 300 x 4150 mm. with pale green silk borders & endpapers wooden core roller. Japan: n.d. but probably early Edo.<br/> <br/> This is a fine example of an erotic scroll anonymously painted as usual but with great skill. The scroll contains ten scenes of men sometimes samurai and women engaged in various sexual activities. Two of the scenes are threesomes one of which shows a young samurai copulating with two older women. The hairstyles of both the women and men are typical of the pleasure courts of the early Edo period.<br/> <br/> Erotic paintings in Japan have a long tradition established well before the Edo period. “Many aspects regarding the production of early paintings with sexual content — when where and by whom they were made how they were appreciated — are still obscure…There was apparently a radical change in the form of erotic handscrolls from around 1600 onwards when paintings with a sequence of twelve our example has ten erotic scenes became common…Each scene in handscrolls of this type does not normally show any clear relationship with the adjacent scenes nor is there usually any development other than presenting a variety of couplings and sexual techniques. Each group of copulating figures exists within its own enclosed space set against a plain or simply decorated background as if functioning as an example of a possible sexual position…<br/> <br/> “Shunga handscrolls of the seventeenth century are not usually signed…The production of shunga paintings during the seventeenth century was considerable and widespread involving artists who ranged from the elite official schools to popular town painters…Shunga painting remained an important genre in terms of both quality and quantity right up until the modern era and should no longer be excluded from the study of Japanese art and the broader study of the humanities.â€â€“Akiko Yano “Shunga Paintings before the ‘Floating World’†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 62 & 70-72.<br/> <br/> The paintings are richly detailed with metallic pigments elaborately detailed hairstyles liberal use of a thick white pigment giving a 3D effect to fabrics and sprays of gold and mica.<br/> <br/> In very good condition preserved in a nice old wooden box. Several of the paintings have minor abrading affecting the pigments. There is some unimportant occasional worming carefully backed on verso. unknown
8670Scroll 290 x 4780 mm. with gold paper inner endpaper at front wooden core roller. Japan: n.d. but late Edo or early Meiji.<br /> <BR> <BR> A fine example of an erotic scroll anonymously painted as usual but with great skill. The scroll contains 12 erotic scenes painted on silk the well-known “set of 12“ format of men and women engaged in various sexual activities. As in many shunga hand scrolls the paintings feature a sequence of lovemaking positions in no apparent order.<br /> <BR> <BR> The figures are drawn to express a fluidity of movement passion and pleasure. The accomplished artist has used delicate shading to heighten the scenes. The kimono are richly decorated. In several scenes the women’s pleasure is expressed by curled toes and fingers. The paintings are richly detailed with metallic pigments elaborately rendered hairstyles and renderings of luxurious kimono fabrics.<br /> <BR> <BR> Erotic paintings in Japan have a long tradition established well before the Edo period. “Many aspects regarding the production of early paintings with sexual content — when where and by whom they were made how they were appreciated — are still obscure…There was apparently a radical change in the form of erotic hand scrolls from around 1600 onwards when paintings with a sequence of twelve erotic scenes became common…Each scene in hand scrolls of this type does not normally show any clear relationship with the adjacent scenes nor is there usually any development other than presenting a variety of couplings and sexual techniques. Each group of copulating figures exists within its own enclosed space set against a plain or simply decorated background as if functioning as an example of a possible sexual position…<br /> <BR> <BR> “Shunga painting remained an important genre in terms of both quality and quantity right up until the modern era and should no longer be excluded from the study of Japanese art and the broader study of the humanities…The concept of twelve in shunga had more to do with a general sense of completeness a full cycle.â€â€“Akiko Yano “Shunga Paintings before the ‘Floating World’†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 62 & 70-72.<br /> <BR> <BR> In fine condition. The extreme edges of each silk panel are slightly spotted due to the glue used. unknown
8537Scroll 290 x 5840 mm. including endpapers silk brocade endpaper at front depicting a pair of Mandarin ducks symbol for fidelity between two people wooden core roller. Japan: late Edo.<br /> <BR> <BR> A fine erotic scroll with 12 paintings the well-known “set of 12“ format in vivid coloring depicting a range of sexual activities. As in many shunga handscrolls the paintings feature a sequence of lovemaking positions in no apparent order with no development simply presenting a variety of couplings and sexual techniques. All the participants in this scroll have Heian-period hairstyles and several of the couples are clearly aristocrats. In the scenes the copulating figures are outlined only in black ink while their private parts and robes are vividly colored.<br /> <BR> <BR> In one scene we see a lesbian couple. One of the women is disguised as a man and the other woman is tied up but able to insert a dildo in her companion’s vagina. Three of the scenes depict ménage à trois situations involving one man and two women. In one of these scenes the man is having intercourse with a woman who appears to be a nun while at the same time performing cunnilingus on a very young woman.<br /> <BR> <BR> Fine condition preserved in an old wooden box.<br /> <BR> <BR> ⧠Akiko Yano “Shunga Paintings before the ‘Floating World’†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 62-72–â€The concept of twelve in shunga had more to do with a general sense of completeness a full cycle.â€. unknown
8539Scroll 210 x 3690 mm. endpapers of gold with silk brocade backing wooden roller. Japan: late Edo.<br /> <BR> <BR> This attractive scroll executed by a highly accomplished artist comprises of 12 erotic scenes the well-known “set of 12“ format in vivid coloring depicting a range of sexual activities. As in many shunga handscrolls the paintings feature a sequence of lovemaking positions in no apparent order. The scenes are finely painted with considerable detail employing much gold silver and other metallic pigments. Throughout the artist has used a fine brush to achieve great detail of fabric hair and faces. All the women have elaborate hairstyles and the kimono are very luxurious with many layers of fabric evident. We learn much about the variety of kimono and obi belts of the period.<br /> <BR> <BR> 1. The first scene shows a man with an erect penis seated behind a woman caressing her breasts underneath her kimono. The penis is highlighted with gold dust and one of the inner layers of her kimono is accentuated with the application of mica. Two maids or servants are seated on the other side of a screen listening attentively to the couple’s activities.<br /> <BR> <BR> 2. In this scene are travelers: a sword-carrying samurai and a woman both wearing walking sandals. They are taking a break and having an intimate moment the man penetrating the woman who is lying on her back on a roadside bench her broad-brimmed hat next to her. Behind them is a beautiful landscape of rice paddies. The folds of the woman’s kimono are finely expressed.<br /> <BR> <BR> 3. This is a very beautifully executed scene of a man and woman having sex underneath a collapsed summer mosquito net. The ability of the artist to show the activity of the couple through the netting is remarkable. The woman’s hair is extremely mussed.<br /> <BR> <BR> 4. A naked man and woman are having sex with another woman observing the activity through a sliding door. The inevitable tissues are nearby. There is a small wormhole.<br /> <BR> <BR> 5. An older court lady and a young man are having an intimate moment with him masturbating her. The artist has used much mica and gold. The numerous layers of the kimono are revealed. Small wormhole.<br /> <BR> <BR> 6. A prostitute is servicing a client in a brothel. Secretions are dripping from her vagina. The man’s head is concealed in their embrace. The paintings on the sliding doors are very beautiful. Tissues are nearby.<br /> <BR> <BR> 7. A naked man is masturbating a woman on an outside deck. The woman is wearing an open kimono. A harp is nearby.<br /> <BR> <BR> 8. This beautiful scene situated just outside of a tea ceremony room shows a man and woman engaged in sex. They are clearly having a secret meeting. Her kimono is extremely luxurious. We see a small part of the next room with a silver wall.<br /> <BR> <BR> 9. A man and woman are engaged in sex. The man is wearing a business kimono and in the background are fine pictorial screens.<br /> <BR> <BR> 10. A man and a woman both naked are engaged in sex while a “Peeping Thomasina†observes.<br /> <BR> <BR> 11. In this scene a man and four women are having an orgy. He is masturbating two woman while penetrating another. Her vaginal secretions indicate the fourth woman has already had sex with the man.<br /> <BR> <BR> 12. This scene shows a man and woman in the missionary position. In the background is a most beautiful silk screen painted in gold depicting two cranes. There is another room with sake containers suggesting this scene takes place in a brothel.<br /> <BR> <BR> Fine condition preserved in a black lacquerware box with gold images and a metal clasp which has an unidentified family crest in the shape of a Paulownia tree. The outer silk brocade endpapers are a little stained and worn.<br /> <BR> <BR> ⧠Akiko Yano “Shunga Paintings before the ‘Floating World’†in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 62-72–â€The concept of twelve in shunga had more to do with a general sense of completeness a full cycle.â€. unknown
17564477Paris: s.n. 1756. 12mo 169 x 96 mm. 10 2 blank pages. Woodcut ornament on title. Title soiled. Extra-illustrated with three states of an engraved bust portrait of Mme. Pompadour in two states of which two avant la lettre one in black and one in sepia the latter on very thick paper and one with lettering Mme. de Pompadour. Jansenist blue-green morocco turn-ins gilt gilt edges silk ribbon marker 5 blank leaves at front and 6 at back spine slightly sunned. Provenance: Jules Noilly his gilt monogrammed booklabel sale Paris 15-20 March 1886 lot 432 lot ticket preserved.<br /> <br /> First and apparently only edition of a loosely constructed mildly satirical erotic poem almost a prose poem that pretends to be a self-celebration by Louis XV’s mistress friend and influential advisor Madame de Pompadour. <br /> <br /> Praising her own looks — her skin face eyes mouth and hair even her “two-storey chin†standards of beauty change she moves on to her intelligence wit lack of pretense carefully constructed and other attractions finally circling back to the most enticing part of all for the lascivious male. The culmination of the poem is a rather trite metaphorical description of her “private parts†as a welcoming grotto and the mounting excitement of the daydreaming poetess. In the last lines she shakes herself: “what am I saying where is the rhyme taking me†and she summons a cold shower in the form of “the sad reminder of a husband a mother a hunchbacked prelate and a battleaxe of an Abbess.†The first two references may be to Mme de Pompadour’s husband Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles and to her by then deceased mother Madeleine de La Motte; I have not identified the other two. <br /> <br /> An enlightened patron of literature and the arts Mme de Pompadour would have scoffed at this silly concoction but the generally complimentary if disrespectful tone of the piece implies that it may have been produced by someone in her circle. It is not a Poissonade in the classic sense. The pamphlet was sometimes bound with various editions of Mme de Pompadour’s equally apocryphal letters. <br /> <br /> The Parisian bibliophile Jules Noilly had this fine copy bound by Marius-Michel with three states of a small oval stipple-engraved portrait of Mme de Pompadour which he or the cataloguer of his collection described as “after Céroniâ€; cf. Catalogue de livres rares et curieux anciens et modernes et d'une précieuse collection de livres de l'École Romantique composant la bibliothèque de M. J. Noilly Paris: veuve Labitte 1886 lot 432. s.n. unknown
2008099040Erotic Print Society 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Fine 2008 EPS paperback impressive collection. Many more from EPS available. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2kg. Category: Erotica; ISBN: 1904989551. ISBN/EAN: 9781904989554. 84cxrarebooks is the trading name of Cambridge-based bookseller Marino Guida with 25 years experience in the trade. We guarantee the condition of all our books. Further images or a short video presentation of any book can be arranged on request. We send tax-free and tariff-free to EU US/Canada and Australia/NZ with insurance included for peace of mind. Inventory No: 099040. 9781904989554 Erotic Print Society paperback
0304359467.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ANAIS-1898998671Erotic Review Books. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Erotic Review Books hardcover
200314692Erotic Print Society 2003. Hardback. Acceptable. Acceptable condition. There is some notable damage to the last couple of pages where they have been stuck together and separated. There are some scuffs and wear to the edges and corners of the cover and some light marks to the page edges. Otherwise in good condition. Erotic Print Society hardcover
152155Erotic Print Society 2000. Limited numbered de luxe edns 80 and 172 of 450. 2 vols. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth some loose threads at edges of boards of vol II - otherwise Fine dustwrapper VG. Pp. various illus throughout with b&w photos lack the accompanying lithographic prints issued with the de luxe edns; no inscriptions. Erotic Print Society, 2000 unknown
1898998205.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
979524 color-printed panels with 12 illus. & 12 panels of love poems on verso on reverse 20 erotic color-printed panels pasted-in. Miniature book 48 x 50 mm. orig. color-printed pictorial boards with color-printed endpapers. Japan: n.d.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> A very rare example of a miniature shunga book color-printed on the one side with a conventional but rather “suggestive†series of love poems and on the reverse with a series of 20 erotic prints pasted-in. Each of these erotic prints has a medallion with a gently erotic title. There is no author title place of publication or date for this rare object. We suspect that it was printed in the late Edo period. <br /> <br> <br> Fine copy a little thumbed. unknown
90077901Japan ca. 1870. Small calico cloth covered accordion album 10 x 13 cm. very good 12 color erotic woodblock prints with 1 b.w. photo layed down on the verso of an old erotic woodcut printa bit of the old silver gilt edges left. RARE! The title slip on the cover is somewhat illegible but possibly can be read: UME TO TORA: PLUM & TIGER. . . WOODBLOCK-COLOR ILLUSTRATED EROTICA . The contents are nicely done showing twelve different scenes of love-making prints of a man and a woman. . 1. & 2. Man on top missionary position shows genital parts. . 3. Man licking her vulva while she holds it open and she licks his penis. . 4. & 5. Man on top making love they exchange tongue kiss. . 6. A Bonze Buddhist priest inserts his fingers into her vulva while he sucks on her nipple . 7. 8. & 9. Woman is on top making love genitals exposed. . 10. 11 & 12. Man is on top love making genitals exposed. CONDITION: The calico covers are a bit dusty the accordion folds are solid not weak or torn. Title slip is rubbed. . Each print is nicely woodblock printed. There is a tiny bit of purple transfer from the end paper on the first & last print. Others clean A nice example of Meiji 1867-1912 period printing by a skilled painter & artist. As usual this work is not signed this kind of erotically illustrated work was banned by the Shogun. Nevertheless this kind of Shunpon erotic book was still widely produced and distributed covertly. . REFERENCE: NOT LISTED IN: SHIBUI Kiyoshi.: ESTAMPS EROTIQUES PRIMITIVES DU JAPON:GENROKU KOHANAGA SHU-E . It is not surprising this and a plethora of other Japanese Shunga Shunpon Erotic prints & books are not listed in Shibui. While he lists many there are even more not listed in his book or any other reference book on the subject. . Erotic books were "suppressed" by the Tokugawa Shogunate therefore the majority of these kinds of books & prints were published on the 'black market' and not distributed openly. They remain on the 'fringe' of publication. There were stiff penalties for artists block cutters and publishers of this category of woodblock printed work. . . unknown
20043899550536_newDie Gestalten Verlag 2004-08-31. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. Die Gestalten Verlag hardcover
23021501China ca.1930's. A Chinese porcelain bowl very good open top 16 cm. by 5.3 cm. deep with six hand-painted cobalt- blue nude Chinese women. The bowl has a faint hue of pale green with crackle glaze brown rim skillfully painted. . . . Showing three erotic views inside the bowl and three of the same outside with the character "Fu" wealth painted inside at the bottom. The foot shows the "Da Ming .date seal but clearly this is a later reproduction of that great period and work. A lovely novelty excellent condition with out flaw. The inside shows following views: A: Nude Chinese woman in the bath; b: another nude woman sitting on a mat by a smoking incense censor; c: shows the woman again with a censor and much incense smoke. Outside: shows the same basic three scenes. . unknown
2537New York Dorset House Publishing Co Inc 1967. 4to. Hardcover with DJ. 448 pages. Gold lettering on the spine embossed rose on the front cover. Edges very lightly bumped and scuffed. 371 illustrations and a varied collection of writings on the subject. In very good condition. unknown
