CH訩Y許AI; EIRI
active 1789-1801


attributed

Title: 13 prints of the shunga series "Fumi no kiyogaki".
Origin: Japan.
Dynasty: Edo period.
Censorship/Date: 1801.
Nishiki-e.
Measurement: 詁an; yoko-e.
Series: Fumi no kiyogaki (Neat Version of a Love Letter).
The complete series of 13 pictures is attributed to Ch鬹y魋ai Eiri; a little-known student
of Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829). The series contains references to well-known Shunga woodblock
prints (spring pictures) by the famous Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). One scene of the
album shows a well-dressed European; who is surely an elderly Dutch merchant; with a
courtesan from Nagasaki. Both are heavily dressed for winter; but she leans out of an open
window in western style; suggesting that they are on the East India Company compound on
Dejima Island. She is elegantly scented with burning incense.
Frame: Framed (each 55.5 x 43.8cm).


Provenance:
-Kunsthandel Klefisch. Auction 84; Sept. 23; 2006; lot 96.
-Colletion Prof. Thomas Olbricht.

Literature:
-Buckland; Rosina: "Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan"; 2010; pp. 110-112.
-Lane; Richard: "Eiri; Loveletters; Love Consumated: Fumi no Kiyogaki; No. 9"; 1996; ill. pp. 12-37.
Art trade; Van Ham.