Shunga

Shunga Sagemono, etc.

A rare early 19th century five-cases lacquer Shunga Inro with design of Pine Trees and Camelia Bushes

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A rare early 19th century five-cases lacquer Shunga Inro with design of Pine Trees and Camelia Bushes.The inside were fitted during the Meiji period with erotic scenes in ivory. The male figures in the two lower cases have a moving penis and the four upper cases bear the name of the medecine they contained. The Ojime is made of agathe and the attached unsigned boxwood Shunga Netsuke of a nude Okame showing her private parts dates from the18th century. 92 mm. Unsigned.
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An oval mother-of-pearl and bronze egg

An oval mother-of-pearl and bronze egg with silver hinges, opening to expose a colored ivory figure of a woman and a South Seas islander engaged in copulation. The inside lid of the locquet has an etched design of ships. Unsigned, 19th century. 5.9cm Ex-Cornelius Roosevelt Collection, ex-Bushell Collection. Published in Erotic Artof the Masters by Bradley Smith
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Unused cigarette holder with Daruma design.

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Unused cigarette holder with Daruma design. Boxwood, unsigned, Showa period. 9.6cm
When Daruma’s chin is pulled down, it reveals an erotic carving and the saying "Nanakorobi Yaoki" translates to mean "seven times down, eight times up "
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A Meiji period pipe (Kiseruzutsu)

A Meiji period pipe (Kiseruzutsu) showing an erotic scene when the mouth piece is opened. The outside poem reads « Kai ga kawareba, Aji kawaru » meaning « The taste changes when the shell changes (= when the lover changes) ». Unsigned. 21cm


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A Meiji period pipe (Kiseruzutsu)
A Meiji period pipe (Kiseruzutsu)