Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s Two chuban yoko-e shunga prints from the series Furyu Enshoku Mane'emon (Elegant Erotic Mane'emon): the first, no.2, depicting a calligraphy teacher taking advantage of his young female pupil, the miniature man Mane'emon watching them through an opening of the pierced leg of a writing table, unsigned, 21cm x 27.2cm (8¼in x 10 11/16in) ; the second, no.8, a man and woman frolicking after bathing at a hot-spring resort, enjoying the shamisen music played by a bald blind singer in the adjoining room, the naked Mane'emon emerging from the bath on the right, unsigned, 18.7cm x 28.1cm (7 3/8in x 11 1/16in). (2).