{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-kamigata-koi-shugyo-1827-shunga-enpon-three-volumes","title":"Utagawa Kunisada Kamigata Koi Shugyo 1827, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Complete Three Volumes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA complete three-volume enpon of 1827 with plates by Utagawa Kunisada, in which lovers, actors, ghosts and comedy share the same crowded pages.\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\u003eKamigata Koi Shugyo, loosely an apprenticeship in love in the manner of Kyoto and Osaka, was published in Bunsei 10 (1827) as an enpon, the privately circulated erotic picture book. Its plates are given to Utagawa Kunisada (1786 to 1865), the most prolific designer of the Utagawa school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot every plate is amorous. A ghost drifts above a moonlit brawl, a giant toad rears beneath cherry blossom, spectators crowd a theatre box and two gentlemen confer on a cloud. That mixture of intimacy, parody and the supernatural is the spirit of warai-e, the laughing picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set keeps its original green covers and original title slips. These are usually the first parts of a book to be lost, and collectors look for them first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kamigata Koi Shugyo, complete in three volumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Kunisada, as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bunsei 10 (1827), Edo period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon (shunga picture book) with warai-e humour\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\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanshibon, stab-bound in the Japanese manner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 22.8 x 15.5 cm (9.0 x 6.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original green paper covers with original title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 0.5 cm (0.2 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld repairs to the leaves, somewhat more in the upper volume.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight foxing and scattered staining, including a water stain to one endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers and edges worn and toned, as expected after nearly two centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoins seen on some plates were placed only for photography, and a clear stand holds the pages open; neither is part of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good)\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\u003eOffered as the Edo-period edition of 1827 with plates by Utagawa Kunisada; date and attribution are given as recorded for the book and are not independently certified. Store flat, away from sun and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes are wrapped flat in acid-free tissue between rigid boards 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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