{"product_id":"kuruwa-no-homare-meiji-shunga-enpon-twelve-months-colour-woodblock","title":"Kuruwa no Homare, Meiji Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Twelve Months with Silvered Highlights","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eKuruwa no Homare, a small oblong Meiji enpon, follows the pleasure quarter through the twelve months in colour woodblock touched with silver.\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 juni-kagetsu, twelve scenes for the months of the year, was one of the oldest frames for shunga, and Meiji publishers kept it alive in compact books such as this. The title, Pride of the Quarter, sits in a dark cartouche beside a courtesan beneath a black umbrella; on the back, a palanquin passes in silhouette below lantern-lit houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach month has one plate facing a page of story: a New Year pine behind a silvered screen, plum blossom with a sleeping cat, a summer mosquito net, a full moon on a veranda and an umbrella in winter rain, all in red ruled borders. The book opens with two lovers flying through a starry sky, the absurd humour collectors call warai-e, laughing pictures, and closes with an intimate close-up on a grand scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kuruwa no Homare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unsigned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon (shunga picture book), twelve months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meiji (1868 to 1912), undated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour woodblock printing with silvered highlights on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Twelve monthly plates with facing text, plus opening and closing double pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e One oblong volume, stab-bound with red thread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 19 x 12.2 cm (7.5 x 4.8 in)\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\u003eAll twelve monthly plates are present, with both double pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA few small holes in the closing double page and a light stain on the December leaf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small coins seen on some plates were placed only for discretion in photography and are not 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=\"\/fr\/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 Meiji period woodblock enpon, unsigned and undated. Store flat, away from sun and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is wrapped flat between rigid boards and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent service. Any import duties are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/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=\"\/fr\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e and in our \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/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\u003eSeeking another Meiji enpon? 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