{"product_id":"utagawa-kuniyoshi-asaina-shima-meguri-shunga-enpon-hand-coloured-ansei","title":"Utagawa Kuniyoshi Asaina Shima-meguri, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Hand-Coloured Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Ansei Era, Signed Ichigeisha Yukono","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAn Ansei-era enpon signed Ichigeisha Yukono, a comic voyage through fabled lands by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, with fine hand colouring throughout.\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\u003eEdo audiences loved the tale of Asahina Saburo, the strong man of legend who sailed to impossible islands drawn from old encyclopaedias of foreign peoples. Kuniyoshi, the great wit of the Utagawa school, turns the voyage into warai-e, the laughing pictures of the erotic tradition. Page by page the reader tours the Land of Women, the isles of the winged folk, the lands of long legs, long arms and six arms, a land of giants and a land of miniature warriors who haul on ropes like a festival crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book carries no title, so it is known here by its theme. The closing plate is signed Ichigeisha Yukono, a name recorded as Kuniyoshi's for his erotic books. The plates are printed from woodblocks in outline and coloured by hand, and the colouring is unusually careful for a book of this kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Untitled; known as Asaina Shima-meguri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Kuniyoshi, as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ichigeisha Yukono, on the closing plate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ansei era (about 1854 to 1860)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon, warai-e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock printing with hand colouring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stab-bound, rebound in a later cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 17 x 12 cm (6.7 x 4.7 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\u003eRebound in a later decorative cover; original title not present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge toning to the paper; the colouring remains bright.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoins and clear clips seen in the photographs were placed for discretion and to hold the pages open; neither is 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=\"\/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 an Ansei-era book by Utagawa Kuniyoshi on the strength of its signature; the attribution is given as recorded and is 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=\"\/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. Further pieces of the kind are kept in \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e and in our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/japanese-woodblock-print-ukiyoe-culture-classical-texts-archive\"\u003earchive of woodblock prints and classical texts\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\u003eHoping to find another book by Kuniyoshi? 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