{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-omi-hakkei-1827-shunga-enpon-three-volumes","title":"Utagawa Kunisada Omi Hakkei 1827, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Three Volumes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAn enpon of 1827 by Utagawa Kunisada in three volumes, whose title turns the Eight Views of Omi into eight pledges between lovers.\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\u003eOmi Hakkei was published in Bunsei 10 (1827), the year recorded in its printed colophon. The title is a pun: spoken aloud it is the Eight Views of Omi, the most celebrated landscape theme in Japanese art, but its characters speak of meetings and pledges. That doubling of the famous and the private is the very spirit of warai-e, the laughing picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKunisada (1786 to 1865), the most prolific designer of the Utagawa school, fills the book with colour. The upper volume holds five double-page plates and two single-page plates, the middle and lower volumes three double-page plates each. A banquet with a shaven-headed attendant, snow seen from a brazier, a woman reading by lamplight and a robe printed with Western letters show how far his eye roamed. The middle volume also carries a mock physiognomy chart in the manner of the popular fortune guides, one of the book's wittiest pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes are labelled flower, moon and snow on their title slips, the classical trio of seasonal beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Omi Hakkei, in three volumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Kunisada, as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bunsei 10 (1827), Edo period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enpon (shunga picture book) with warai-e humour\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 Thirteen in colour; one double-page plate lacking from the middle volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanshibon, stab-bound in the Japanese manner\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 Later replacement 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\u003eOne double-page plate is lacking from the middle volume.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlight worm damage in the upper volume, somewhat more in the lower.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers are later replacements; leaves toned with age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA small coin seen on one plate was placed only for photography and is not part of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eC (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 the Edo-period edition of 1827 with plates by Utagawa Kunisada; 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 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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