OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1740 (3)OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764)Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1740Set of 12 large oban shunga (erotic picture) prints from the series (Someiro no yama) Neya no hinagata (Mountains of Dyed Colours: Patterns for the Bedroom), with hand-colouring, mounted as a handscroll, including the wrapper with the title inside a kosode kimono with two collector's seals Fuji and Ichiai at the beginning, the aforementioned two collector's seals, a third collector's seal and the artist's signature at the end, depicting 12 scenes of love making in the 12 months, each with an associated haiku poem; signed Yamato gako Hogetsudo Tanchosai Okumura Shinmyo Masanobu no zu, with a wood storage box and a lacquered-wood outer storage box. Overall: 518.5cm x 26cm (204 1/8in x 10¼in); image: 454cm x 24.2cm (178¾in x 9½in). (3).Provenance: Matsuba Foundation Collection, London.Shibui Kiyoshi Collection.Exhibited and published:British Museum, Shunga; Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art, 3 October 2013 to 5 January 2014; Timothy Clark et al., Shunga, Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art, exh. cat., London, British Museum Press, 2013, cat. no.37.