{"product_id":"ehon-futamigata-shunga-book-attributed-hokusai-three-volumes","title":"Katsushika Hokusai Attributed Ehon Futamigata, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Three Volumes, circa 1801","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA complete set of three volumes of the erotic picture book Ehon Futamigata, published around Kyowa 1 (1801) and long debated among scholars, offered as attributed to Katsushika Hokusai on the reading of the ukiyo-e historian Hayashi Yoshikazu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in colour from woodblocks for private enjoyment, the finest erotic books drew on the same designers and carvers as the celebrated single-sheet prints. Here every opening is composed with real ambition: lovers seen in close portrait against a page of flowing text, a hooded figure in black silhouetted against a bright interior, a waterfall landscape glimpsed beyond a folding screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authorship remains open. Hokusai, Kitagawa Utamaro and Rekisentei Eiri have all been proposed, and Hayashi Yoshikazu assigned it to Hokusai. The Desk presents it with the debate stated plainly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ehon Futamigata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAttribution:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katsushika Hokusai, after Hayashi Yoshikazu; Kitagawa Utamaro and Rekisentei Eiri also proposed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e published around Kyowa 1 (1801)\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, complete, upper, middle and lower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlates:\u003c\/strong\u003e each volume with two half-page and seven double-page designs; twenty-one double-page plates in all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e traditional stitched binding with blue covers and title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e being confirmed against our archive records\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\u003eCovers and back covers worn, with losses to the blue paper as photographed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld repairs along the lower edge from the preface into the first volume, largely clear of the images.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToning consistent with age; the plates keep strong colour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\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=\"\/es\/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 is a scholarly opinion, not a certainty. 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=\"\/es\/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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