{"product_id":"utagawa-yoshinobu-furyu-iro-kiyose-shunga-enpon-lower-volume-1834","title":"Utagawa Yoshinobu Furyu Iro Kiyose, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Oban Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Lower Volume, Tenpo 5 (1834)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eThe lower volume of Furyu Iro Kiyose, an oban enpon of 1834 drawn by Utagawa Yoshinobu, with its plates printed boldly to the edge of the page.\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\u003eA kiyose was the poet's almanac of seasonal words. Furyu Iro Kiyose borrows that respectable form for a calendar of love, a conceit typical of the enpon, the privately circulated erotic picture book of late Edo. The text is by Nyokoan Shujin, a pen name of the popular writer Shotei Kinsui, and the plates are by Utagawa Yoshinobu, a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the large oban format the plates carry no printed border, so figures and robes run off the page with real energy: lovers beneath an umbrella painted with chrysanthemums, a court lady in layered robes, a veranda hung with Tanabata papers. Two single-page scenes frame the book like the gate of the pleasure quarter, entered and then left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Furyu Iro Kiyose, lower volume (of two)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Yoshinobu, as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eText:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nyokoan Shujin (Shotei Kinsui), as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tenpo 5 (1834), Edo period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon (shunga 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\u003ePlates:\u003c\/strong\u003e Five double-page and two single-page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oban (large book), stab-bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 26 x 19 cm (10.2 x 7.5 in)\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\u003eThe binding thread is broken at one point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal title slip present on the cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo worm damage and no rubbing to the plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall coins seen on some plates were placed for discretion during photography and are not part of the book.\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 1834 edition with plates by Utagawa Yoshinobu; 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\u003eWrapped flat 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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