Erotica(Shunga) #1090069800 - Japanese Fine Arts.com by Shukado

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Item #1090069800

Keisai Eisen, "Shinobuzuri"

Item No

#1090069800

Item

Shunga Book

Price

$2230.00

Weight

0.11kg

size

width

13cm 5"

depth

1.1cm 0 1/2"

height

20.4cm 8"

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Most of erotica has no signature(rakkan) on the painting because it used to be published in the underground. Instead, the painters put a code name recognizing who they are somewhere in the paintings. In this artwork also, Hokusai put his code name "Karidaka". From this fact, this artwork was a collection of erotica prints produced by artists active in Bunka Bunsei era.

Slightly stained and soiled
Wears over the front cover

Katsushika Hokusai (October or November 1760–May 10, 1849 was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831) which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the "Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusaifs fame both within Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, gIndeed, if there is one work that made Hokusai's name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series...hWhile Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition and left a lasting impact on the art world. It was also The Great Wave print that initially received, and continues to receive, acclaim and popularity in the Western world.

Keisai Eisen (1790 – 1848) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijinga (woodcuts of beautiful women). His best works, including his ōkubi-e ("large head pictures"), are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan.