{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-shunjo-kari-no-koi-shunga-book-three-volumes-1856","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige Shunjo Kari no Koi, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Three Volumes, Ansei 3 (1856)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA complete three-volume erotic book of the pleasure quarters, dated Ansei 3 (1856) and offered as illustrated by Utagawa Hiroshige, the great master of the landscape print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-note\"\u003eThis piece belongs to the private room of the house and is shown to adults only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShunjo Kari no Koi, roughly Spring Feelings, a Passing Love, follows the life of a licensed quarter through stairways, balconies, banquet rooms and bathhouses. Each opening sets a text page or a second picture beside a framed plate, and the designer delights in architecture: latticed windows, sliding doors, a staircase cutting diagonally across the page, and a celebrated image of a courtesan standing before a paper screen on which the shadows of a lively party fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is signed by Yajiro Kitahachi III, a playful pen name borrowed from the two travellers of the comic novel Hizakurige, a reminder that these books were meant to amuse as much as to entice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArt and Social History\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShunga, spring pictures, also called makura-e and warai-e, were issued quietly and almost always without the artist's name. Hiroshige is far better known for the Tokaido road than for erotica, which makes books of this kind a fascinating byway in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunjo Kari no Koi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttribution:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Hiroshige, as offered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eText:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yajiro Kitahachi III\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ansei 3 (1856)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e shunga ehon (erotic picture book)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e colour woodblock printing on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolumes:\u003c\/strong\u003e three, a complete set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e stitched, blue covers with cloud and paper crane design, title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e hanshibon, about 22.5 x 16 cm (8.9 x 6.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWear throughout, with rubbing and losses to the covers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA large stain across the upper part of the middle volume.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany text pages, with toning and spotting consistent with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small discs seen in some photographs were laid over details for discretion and are not part of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eC (good, visible wear)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attribution to Hiroshige is the one given with the book and is not independently confirmed. Store flat, away from light and damp, and turn the leaves with clean, dry hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked flat by hand in Japan in discreet outer packaging and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/de\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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