Erotica - Curiosa - Japan Erotica - Curiosa - Japan - - 2 fanfold albums with erotic drawings. I. Leporello in 10 registers with original drawings each approx. 35 x 25 cm on paper-covered textile. In total 356 x 26 cm. Japan. Meiji (1856-1912). Handle made of bone. II Leporello in 10 registers with gouached woodcuts and gouached frames each approx. 16 x 10.5 cm. Overall 105 x 10.5 cm. Late Qing dynasty (around 1900). I. The colourful watercolour drawings probably from the epic "Nihon Shoki" (Chronicles of Japan), which deals with shipwrecked men and their encounter with an island full of women, where sexual encounters take place. The men are later able to escape from the island. These stories are often characterised by legends and mythological aspects that reflect the relationships between men and women in ancient Japan. - II. The leporello depicts the love play between a couple in various acts in front of furniture in different rooms. - Partly with tears and with backed folds. 2 Leporello albums with erotic drawings. I. Leporello in 10 registers with original drawings each approx. 35 x 25 cm on paper-covered textile. In total 356 x 26 cm. Japan. Meiji (1856-1912). Handle made of bone. II. fanfold in 10 registers with gouached woodcuts and gouached frames each circa 16 x 10.5 cm. Overall 105 x 10.5 cm. Late Qing dynasty (around 1900). I. The colourful watercolour drawings probably from the epic "Nihon Shoki" (Chronicles of Japan), which deals with shipwrecked men and their encounter with an island full of women, in which the men are stranded on an island inhabited by women, where sexual encounters take place. The men are later able to escape from the island. These stories are often characterised by legends and mythological aspects that reflect the relationships between men and women in ancient Japan. - II The leporello depicts the love play between a couple in various acts in front of furniture in different rooms. - Partly with tears and with backed folds.