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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Kuniyoshi, Female Fantasies - Phallus Parade, c.1840.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798 - 1861
Kuniyoshi was born Yoshisaburo and like Kunisada was apprenticed to the great woodblock artist Toyokuni I at his Utagawa School 1811. Prosperous for most of his life, Kuniyoshi's school of students produced some of the very best artists of the next generation including the great Yoshitoshi and notable others such as Yoshitora, Yoshiiku and Yoshikazu.
 
Antique Japanese color woodblock.
Date: c.1840s. Size: 11" x 8 2/3" inches.
Scene with many references to mythical themes!






Thursday, October 18, 2012

Keisai Eisen (attributed to), Genitalia close-ups, 1818 - 1820

Woodblock small surimono-style erotic calender (e-goyomi) prints. Bunsei era. All pictures attributed to Keisai Eisen.
All pictures about 9,5x13cm.

Woman's genitals reflected in a hand-mirror. Picture calendar (e-goyomi) for the year Bunsei 1818 (9,6x13cm).

Cca 1820. 9,5x12,7cm.






See also:
Katsushika Hokusai
Utagawa Kunisada


Friday, October 12, 2012

Katsushika Hokusai, Genitalia - Anatomical Close-up, c.1814

Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, ?October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849), best known as author of the woodblock prints series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the print The great Wave off Kanagawa.

Erotic prints from Hokusai's famous series 'Kinoe no komatsu' (Languishing for Love or Young Pine Saplings). Date of original printing c. 1814
Size: 8 3/4" x  6 1/4" inches.










See also:
Kunisada Utagawa
Keisai Eisen 





Utagawa Kunisada, Genitalia, 1827


Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – January 12, 1865) (Japanese: 歌川 国貞, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国 )

Two shungas from: New Tales from the Hot Springs, by Jujitei Sanku and Utagawa Kunisada, 1827
also introduced as New Tales of the Wailing Waters (Sento Shinwa).

 Size: 11" x 8 2/3" inches.

Beanman and Beanwoman Prepare to Attack the Vagina

Beanman must draw his sword to fight off a monster vagina that threatens to engulf him until, quelled, it surrenders to his bidding (Ill.121)" (Timon Screech).


Beanman and Beanwoman climb genital mountains


See also: 
Katsushika Hokusai
Keisai Eisen