Sold by RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 19 June 1997
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[Japan ca. 1915]. A color silk painting, 30 x 20 cm., very clean and solid, on very fine silk, finely drawn & executed, in color gouache. * * RARE ORIGINAL PAINTED ART WORK * * . *** *** *** . . AN ORIGINAL FINELY HAND-PAINTED . . . COLOR EROTIC SCENE . . . TAISHO PERIOD [1912-1926] . * This work shows a Buddhist monk, wearing a common Kimono, with shaved head, disguised as a commoner. He secretly visits his lover and willing bed partner. She appears to be a house wife, obviously of another man. Buddhist priests never married, though they carried on an erotic life style. . She wears an elaborate silk Kimono with period coiffure. Spreading her legs keeping her knees back, welcoming her lover. Her feet express ecstasy, curled and pointing upwards clutching her lover tight and close to her. The monk holds her back firmly and with his right hand grasping her knee keeping them up and back, thus forcing her wide open. . She is flushed with excitement, showing a pink facial flush, eyes closed in ecstasy. There is a gray Furoshiki [large silk scarf tied into a bag] above the woman. It most likely contains the monks Buddhist robes. He thus avoids the attention of others when walking the streets. . *** CONDITION: The painting is flawlessly executed. It s very clean and solid, no stain or other issues of importance. . The work was probably mounted on a stiff album page in its past. It has been expertly 'lifted' and shows the usual, but minimal remains at the right and left edges, which does not encroach on the painting. What little remains, is easily matted out. There are a few small verso mends using period Washi [handmade Japanese] paper, which will not be very visible from the front when mounted on white paper. . A very nicely executed example, with good colors, ready for matting and framing . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . Erotic books, prints & paintings were "suppressed" by the Tokugawa Shogunate, therefore the majority of these kinds of erotic sold on the 'black market' and not distributed openly. . These erotic paintings, drawings and woodblock printed Shunga books & art remained on the 'fringe.' The Shogunate enforced stiff penalties for artists, block cutters, publishers & printers of erotica. The Shogunate and its sensors would not approve or provide Kiwame [censor's seal] for this category of art or books. Items without Kiwame were subject to confiscation and anyone involved with the items when distributed to the general public were often harshly punished with imprisonment. These remained in 'private collections' and were strictly & discretely sold, traded and distributed 'under the table' during the Edo period 1603-1867. . *** REFERENCES: . BEURDELEY, Michel. et al.: EROTIC ART OF JAPAN: The Pillow Poem. * GICHNER, Lawrence E.: EROTIC ASPECTS OF JAPANESE CULTURE. * MANDEL, Gabriele.: SHUNGA: Erotic Figures in Japanese Art. * FAGIOLI, Marco.: SHUNGA THE EROTIC ART OF JAPAN. * RAWSON, Philip.: EROTIC ART OF THE EAST: The Sexual Theme in Oriental Painting & Sculpture. * ILLING, Richard.: JAPANESE EROTIC ART: And the Life of the Courtesan. . * .
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