Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900

by Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921)

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Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900 by Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921)

Original Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921) Japanese Woodblock Print
Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900

Inspired by Hokusai's 'The Adonis Plant' and Eiri's 'Models of Calligraphy'

Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900 - A striking, beautiful shunga print produced by Ikeda Terukata in the Meiji era. This print and the others in this series are heavily influenced by Hokusai's oban shunga album "The Adonis Plant" as well as Eiri's "Models of Calligraphy", recognized as two of the great masterworks of erotic Japanese art. Yet, Terukata's realization of these designs was notably different.

Terukata was part of a shift in artist attitudes towards shunga during the westernization of Japan at the end of the 19th century. Terukata and his peers rejected the classic depictions of the Yoshiwara seen in earlier shunga and embraced shunga "as a representation of exotized 'Bohemian Parisian culture'. These artists designed a number of albums that have no relationship to the Yoshiwara, include no text within the images and resemble earlier shunga only in the use of the orihon format." (p.217 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel) The backgrounds are spare, the screens and trappings of bathhouses, tea parlors or private quarters in the Yoshiwara are removed or minimized, leaving only the figures that almost overflow from the frame.

These original Terukata designs are rare and sought after by collectors. Bid now on one of these fantastic designs!

Artist - Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921)

Image Size - 13 1/4" x 9 1/2"

Condition - With excellent color and detail. A vertical crease at center. Slight toning at edges. Please see photos for details. Good overall.

Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900 by Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921)
Antique Meiji era Shunga - ca. 1900 by Ikeda Terukata (1883 - 1921)

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