{"product_id":"utagawa-kuniyoshi-shunshoku-irifune-cho-edo-shunga-enpon-three-volumes","title":"Utagawa Kuniyoshi Shunshoku Irifune-cho, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Complete Three Volumes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eShunshoku Irifune-cho, an Edo period shunga book in three volumes, illustrated by Utagawa Kuniyoshi with seventeen double-page colour woodblock scenes, offered as a complete set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKuniyoshi is remembered for warriors, monsters and cats, and this enpon brings his wit to the private genre. The text is credited under a playful pen name to Ryutei Tanehiko, the most celebrated popular novelist of the day, with a preface signed Kujiritei Sanehiko and the Kintokudo imprint. Read together, the volumes unfold like a comic novel: a crowded veranda of women carrying dishes, a lone figure on a jetty at dusk, a street before a shop front, and then the intimate scenes, each set in a richly furnished room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printing is generous with colour and pattern, from blue and white porcelain to scarlet bedding and checked robes, and two scenes include cats, one asleep on a chest of drawers, one striped and watchful beside a plum tree, Kuniyoshi's signature touch. Complete sets of all three volumes are seldom found together.\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 Kuniyoshi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eText:\u003c\/strong\u003e Credited under a pen name to Ryutei Tanehiko; preface by Kujiritei Sanehiko\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImprint:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kintokudo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edo period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock printed book, three volumes, stitched Japanese binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seventeen double-page colour spreads, the first a folding image\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 22 x 15.5 cm (8.7 x 6.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original covers; title slips worn\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\u003eWear, soiling and handling to covers and pages, as expected of a book of this age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe opening spread is part of a folding image that continues to either side.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn ink mark touches a woman's face on the second spread.\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\u003eAttribution, title and period are as presented to the Desk; no independent appraisal is implied. Keep the volumes flat, away from light and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked flat by hand in Japan 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. More awaits in \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/private-room-adults-only\"\u003eThe Private Room\u003c\/a\u003e and in \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/shunga-the-cheeky-art-that-unveils-japans-playful-side\"\u003eour essay on shunga\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\u003eSearching for another Kuniyoshi book? 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