Attributed to Sugimura JIHEI (Active c. 1681-1703)

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A large-size hand-coloured print showing a couple in flagrante delicto from an untitled set of twelve prints published by Hangiya Chojiro, c. 1685. (There were in fact two alternative designs added making a total of fourteen sheets.) Most reference works give this set to Moronobu. However, Timothy Clark, in the British Museum exhibition catalogue: Shunga, sex and pleasure in Japanese art, 2013, pp. 128-131 attributes the set to Jihei stating that “…this group of prints is one of the most glorious to have survived from the early period of ukiyo-e.”

Very good impression. Fine hand-colouring. Minor imperfections and signs of mounting au verso, but all compatible with the age of the print.

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