{"product_id":"meiji-shunga-painting-silk-seven-lucky-gods-revel-mica-gold","title":"Meiji Period Shunga Painting on Silk, the Seven Lucky Gods at a New Year Revel, Mica, Gold and Silver, 129 cm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eThe Seven Lucky Gods abandon their dignity in a gilded room: a large painting on silk, Meiji period, worked in colour with mica, gold and silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarai-e, laughing pictures, were the comic face of shunga, and the gods of good fortune behaving badly were a favourite joke. Here the Shichifukujin crowd into one room with a company of courtesans: the beaming Hotei, two white-bearded elders and the helmeted guardian Bishamonten, tumbled together in a knot of robes and hairpins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround them lie their attributes. Hotei's great treasure sack slumps against the wall, a halberd leans before a calligraphy panel, a red sea bream lies on a black lacquer stand beside a sake flask, and a white mouse, the messenger of Daikoku, nibbles at fallen rice cakes. Walls and panels glitter with mica and flecks of gold and silver; the cursive verses on the panels belong to the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunga painting (warai-e), unmounted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Seven Lucky Gods with courtesans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour, mica, gold and silver on silk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two silk panels joined, with a central fold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meiji period (1868 to 1912)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 129 x 58 cm (50.8 x 22.8 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\u003eColours, mica and metallic flecks remain bright.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight soiling around the edges, and a central fold where the two panels meet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe reverse shows traces where an earlier backing was removed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall discs seen in some photographs were placed over details for discretion and are not part of the work.\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=\"\/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\u003eDate and description are as presented to the Desk. A conservator can line and mount the silk; until then keep it flat, away from light and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked flat by hand between rigid boards, folded only along its existing central fold, 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=\"\/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. More awaits in \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/private-room-adults-only\"\u003eThe Private Room\u003c\/a\u003e and in \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/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\u003eSeeking another comic painting of the lucky gods? 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