Fine Arts · Los 5456
[Scrolls. Shunga]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Rape scene on the Tôkaidô).
Makimono (handscroll), delicate watercolours on thin Japanese sprinkled w. mica, no signature, 27x391 cm., second half 19th cent., w. decorative paper strips along top and bottom of painting, w. silk brocade on both ends, total size 31,5x434,5 cm., rolled on silk brocade jikugi.
- Los
- 5456
- Auktion
- Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
- Schätzpreis
- 700 € – 900 €
- Fotos
- 3 Fotos
Zustand
Thin Japanese w. (slight) wrinkles and a few tiny holes or tears; occas. trifle foxed. Top of scroll trifle/ sl. worn and waterdam. (unobtrusive).
Anmerkungen
With partially read title-strip mounted on verso, mentioning Edo and the Tôkaidô. Shagan, Japanese Erotic Art. The Hidden World of Shunga, p.234-236: "While rapists are generally portrayed as Yakuza or thieves, easily recognizable by their black clothing and kerchiefs, or as highway bandits, sometimes stealing the woman's clothes, shunga shows all sorts of men as perpetrators, and occasionally gang rape. Importantly, most rapists are depicted as having physically unattractive attributes, such as an unusual amount of body hair, or unshaven or disfigured faces. [...] It should not be underestimated or overlooked that the men who commit these hideous crimes were shown as ugly or deformed, and having to resort to the use of force in order to have sex. No one looking at such images could conceivably see them as role models and the way the men are depicted is an expression of society's revulsion at these acts." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.