{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-nise-murasaki-onna-genji-three-volume-shunga-set","title":"Utagawa Kunisada Nise Murasaki Onna Genji, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Complete Three Volumes, circa 1847","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eUtagawa Kunisada's Nise Murasaki Onna Genji, a complete set of three illustrated shunga volumes described as published around Koka 4 (1847), in their original covers with their original title slips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1840s the most celebrated book in Edo was Ryutei Tanehiko's Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji, a long serial novel that moved The Tale of Genji into the shogun's palace, illustrated throughout by Kunisada. Its success spawned erotic parodies, and Nise Murasaki Onna Genji belongs to that knowing tradition: courtly costume and Genji-style romance retold as enpon, the illustrated erotic books read privately in Edo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA frontispiece of a beauty in a cherry blossom roundel leads to a palace garden scene and double-page plates printed in full colour from woodblocks. Kunisada's figures wear richly patterned robes against green and gold rooms, lanterns, screens and boats; the inscribed cartouches carry the playful dialogue that made these books as much comedy as erotica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Kunisada (1786 to 1865)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nise Murasaki Onna Genji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Described as published around Koka 4 (1847)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolumes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three, a complete set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanshibon, Japanese thread binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour woodblock-printed illustrations with printed text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original covers with original title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 24.2 x 16.9 cm (9.5 x 6.7 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight spotting and soiling in places, as expected of books of this age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo wormholes noted; colours remain fresh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall discs seen in some photographs were placed over details for photography and are not part of the books.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good, light 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\u003eTitle, artist and date are given as described to the Desk; no independent appraisal is implied. Store flat, away from light and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrapped by hand in Japan, packed flat in a rigid carton and shipped discreetly, 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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