Anonymous


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryTwo makimono (horizontal handscroll): the first, ink, colours and gold on silk, depicting 12 love-making scenes, including a man peeping at a couple making love, a geisha entertaining a client and a young couple, unsigned, overall: 331.5cm x 23.7cm (130 ½in x 9 5/16in), image: 293.5cm x 21.1cm (115 9/16in x 8 5/16in); the second, ink, colours on silk, depicting 12 scenes of love-making, the majority with a chonin (townspeople) couple, each with a couple's dialogue in the upper section, unsigned, overall: 277cm x 25.7cm (109 1/16in x 10 1/8in), image: 243cm x 20cm (95 11/16in x 7 7/8in); both with a wood storage box. (4).