TOMIOKA EISEN

Series of 8 erotic lithographs depicting Europeans and Japanese women. Famous series by Tomioka Eisen created during the Russo-Japanese War, depicting couplings between Russians (diplomat, bourgeois, soldier, officer) and Japanese women. Chinese printing circa 1920. Japanese soldiers carried shunga collections with them to China and these were later reproduced by the Chinese in lithography, certainly from photographs, what are called photochromes (technique developed in 1888). It was undoubtedly easier to distribute these shunga which did not show Chinese but foreigners, moreover belligerent neighbors. One will note that these images respect the shunga tradition, therefore, the Europeans are

Set of 7 original paintings on silk, 4 attributed to Tomioka Eisen and 3 to Migawata Shuntei. Eisen's paintings mounted on original cardboard with mica paper, those by Shuntei on raw silk loose.
Modern accordion binding executed in fabric, cardboard, paper and leather. The ensemble has been meticulously conceived and executed with respect for the paintings. The folding structure is bound to a light green fabric chemise. Each panel unfolds by means of a supple leather band. The paintings already mounted on cardboard have been remounted on another cardboard, those on silk benefit from particular treatment; they are simply held by 2 paper strips in the margins. Each painting has an opening