{"product_id":"meiji-shunga-painting-on-silk-lovers-forty-eight-positions-screen-130-cm","title":"Meiji Period Shunga Painting on Silk, Lovers before a Forty-Eight Positions Screen, Mica Highlights, 130 cm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA painted pleasure room on a grand scale: lovers entwined before a folding screen inscribed with the forty-eight positions, brushed on silk and touched with mica, more than a metre across.\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\u003eThis is nikuhitsu shunga, erotic painting made by hand rather than printed, the most private form the genre took. A crowd of lovers fills one interior, robes of indigo, scarlet and lilac pooled across the floor, while a paper lantern, a tea tray and scattered books set the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehind them a silver-edged screen carries a text illustrated with miniature couples, a playful encyclopaedia of the shijuhatte, the forty-eight positions of Edo lore. Forty-seven are pictured. An inscription at the upper right is dated to the spring of a kinoto-hitsuji year, which suggests 1895; the painter is unrecorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMica, kira, glints in the women's hair and on the pillows, and the smallest accessories are painted with real care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unknown Artist, unsigned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunga painting (nikuhitsu)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Attributed to the Meiji period, possibly 1895 from the inscription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ink, colour and mica on silk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two silk panels joined, with a central fold line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e about 130 x 58 cm (51.2 x 22.8 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMount:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unmounted\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\u003eLight soiling around the margins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fold line runs down the centre where the two panels meet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarks on the reverse from an earlier backing; every 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=\"\/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\u003eOffered as a hand-painted work on silk, unsigned, examined and photographed in Japan. Round discs in some photographs were placed for discretion and are not part of the painting. Keep silk from sun and damp; specialist remounting is recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipped flat between rigid boards, insured and tracked. Given its size, the shipping cost is quoted and agreed before purchase. 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. Further pieces are kept in \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular painter or subject? 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