{"product_id":"ryusuitei-tanekiyo-koi-no-kakehashi-miniature-shunga-enpon-three-volumes","title":"Ryusuitei Tanekiyo Koi no Kakehashi, Late Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Miniature, Complete Three Volumes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eKoi no Kakehashi, the Bridge of Love: a late Edo enpon in the rare miniature kohon format, complete in three volumes, with text by Ryusuitei Tanekiyo writing as Insuitei.\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\u003eEach volume measures barely eleven by seven centimetres, the size of a playing card. Books of this kohon format were made to be carried in a sleeve or a travelling case and read in private, and so few survive in complete sets. This one keeps all three volumes, marked heaven, earth and man in the classical manner, in speckled mustard covers with their title slips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is by Ryusuitei Tanekiyo, the late Edo writer of popular fiction, here under one of the comic pen names that enpon authors liked to adopt. The pictures move with real charm between the everyday and the intimate: three women at the Bon dance, a courtesan with tortoiseshell hairpins, a crane flying past a red sun over breaking waves, a cat alone in a latticed room, and lovers beneath pine, wisteria and blossom, in rooms of yellow and vermilion. One plate shows a man peering through a lattice, the eavesdropper beloved of warai-e, the laughing picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour is bright and confident, and the small scale makes the patterned robes and interiors feel all the more intricate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Koi no Kakehashi (The Bridge of Love), complete in three volumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ryusuitei Tanekiyo, writing as Insuitei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late Edo period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon (shunga picture book)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock printing with colour on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kohon (miniature format), stab-bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 10.9 x 7.4 cm (4.3 x 2.9 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Speckled mustard paper covers with title slips\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\u003eSome repair to the third volume.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOtherwise no conspicuous stains or damage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall coins were laid over details of several plates for discretion when the book was photographed; they are not part of the work.\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 late Edo edition with text by Ryusuitei Tanekiyo; date and attribution are given as recorded for the book and are not independently certified. Store flat, away from sun and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes are wrapped flat in acid-free tissue 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=\"\/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. 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