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YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)

The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi)

    Price Realised GBP 7,500
    Estimate
    GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000
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    YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)

    The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi)

    Price Realised GBP 7,500
    Price Realised GBP 7,500
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    Each a woodblock print, some designs embellished with metallic pigments or mica
    Unsigned, circa 1832
    Excluding the additional preface and postscript

    This set of shunga is known for it's imaginative designs including a European couple, and an older man with a young male actor dressed as a woman.
    To compare each print in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, see the following accession nos.:
    2005.0099; 2005.0105; 2005.0102; 2005.0100; 2005.0111; 2005.0107; 2005.0108; 2005.0110; 2005.0109; 2005.0101; 2005.0106; 2005.0064
    go to:
    https://art.honolulumuseum.org/collections

    Each approx. 38.4 x 25 cm. (15 ⅛ x 9 ⅞ in.)


    Provenance
    Sylvia Lacan (1908-1993) and thence by descent to the present owner. Sylvia Lacan was married to the French intellectual Georges Bataille (1897-1962), then the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981).
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