{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-sue-shiraga-meoto-kusa-1835-shunga-ehon-three-volumes","title":"Utagawa Kunisada Sue Shiraga Meoto Kusa 1835, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Three Volumes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA wedding blessing turned into a book of love: Kunisada's shunga ehon of 1835, rich in colour and comedy, complete in three volumes.\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\u003eThe title, Sue Shiraga Meoto Kusa, wishes husband and wife a long and prosperous life together until their hair turns white, a traditional wedding blessing. Kunisada designed it as Fukiyo no Matahei, one of the playful names he kept for his private books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volumes open with an ambitious frontispiece, a whole pleasure house drawn in cut-away perspective, room after room of guests, kitchens and a bathhouse. A theatrical prologue follows, then intimate scenes in which textiles, screens and lacquer are rendered in remarkable detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intimate plates move between tenderness and comedy, from lovers beneath a mosquito net to a household tumbling into a bath tub. Round discs in some photographs were placed for discretion and are not part of the book.\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), as Fukiyo no Matahei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sue Shiraga Meoto Kusa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1835 (Tenpo 6)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunga ehon (illustrated erotic book)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour woodblock printing on washi paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanshibon, three volumes, stitched binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Floral printed covers with later handwritten title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22.2 x 15.7 cm (8.7 x 6.2 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle slips are later handwritten replacements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepairs are visible along the lower edge of some text leaves; the picture leaves remain clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge toning and edge wear; 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 period edition of 1835, examined and photographed in Japan. Keep the volumes flat, away from sun and damp, and turn pages with clean, dry hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrapped in acid-free tissue, laid flat between 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=\"\/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. 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