Eiri Chokyosai zugeschrieben tätig 1789 – 1801 in Japan Odysseus and the Sirens

Nishiki-e (coloured woodblock print on Japan). Edo period, 1615-1868, (around 1801). Each approx. 25.9 x 39 cm (sheet size).

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Prints

Details

Literatur:
Lane, Richard: Eiri, Love Letters, Love Consummated: Fumi no-kiyogaki, Nr. 9, 1996, Abb. S. 12-37;
Buckland, Rosina: “Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan”, London 2010, S. 110-112.

Provenienz:
Kunsthandel Klefisch, Auktion 84, 23. September 2006, Lot 96.

Description

This series of 13 pictures is attributed to Chôkyôsai Eiri, a pupil of Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829). It contains references to well-known shunga woodcuts (spring pictures) by the famous Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). One scene in the album shows a well-dressed European, who is said to be an elderly Dutch merchant, with a courtesan from Nagasaki. Both are heavily dressed for winter, but she is leaning out of an open Western-style window, suggesting that they are on the East India Company grounds on Dejima Island. – Each with a smoothed centrefold, occasional light spotting and a few sheets on the verso with remnants and traces of former mounting. Overall in good condition.