{"product_id":"tsuki-naniwa-no-tsuya-shunga-album-twelve-colour-woodblock-plates","title":"Tsuki Naniwa no Tsuya, Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Twelve Plates in Folding Orihon Binding","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA folding shunga album of twelve colour woodblock plates, kept in its patterned green cover with the title slip still in place.\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 album is Tsuki Naniwa no Tsuya, an allusion to the moon over Naniwa, the old poetic name for Osaka. It is not entered in the standard reference catalogues of enpon, so neither the designer nor the publisher is named; the drawing and the bright, dense colour point to the manner of the Utagawa school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is bound as an orihon, a single long strip of paper folded concertina fashion, so that each scene opens across two panels. Twelve plates are interleaved with pages of flowing verse, two of them lightly decorated with potted flowers and irises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach plate is a small world: a kettle steaming on a kotatsu, plum blossom beyond the shoji, an offering of dumplings for moon viewing, ships in the harbour beyond a terrace rail. The lovers are framed by patterned robes and written dialogue, the humour and tenderness that set shunga apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tsuki Naniwa no Tsuya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unrecorded; in the manner of the Utagawa school\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunga album (enpon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colour woodblock printing on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlates:\u003c\/strong\u003e Twelve, with pages of text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orihon, accordion-folded album\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 18 x 10.8 cm (7.1 x 4.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Patterned green paper with title slip retained\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\u003eSlight old repairs to worm damage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover and title slip retained; colours bright.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall coins seen on three plates were placed only for photography and are not part of the album.\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 woodblock-printed shunga album. Store flat, away from sun and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is 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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