{"product_id":"yanagawa-shigenobu-ii-shamisen-juni-choshi-edo-shunga-enpon-two-volumes","title":"Yanagawa Shigenobu II Shamisen Juni Choshi, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Colour Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Two Volumes, Twelve Plates","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eShamisen Juni Choshi, the Twelve Tunings of the Shamisen: a late Edo enpon in two large volumes by Yanagawa Shigenobu II, with twelve double-page colour plates.\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 shamisen, the three-stringed voice of the Edo pleasure quarters, is played in many tunings, and this book turns that musical vocabulary into a sequence of twelve amorous scenes. Each plate carries a red cartouche naming its tuning, so the reader moves through the book as through a recital, from a courtesan reclining beside a shamisen player to lovers on a balcony above a lotus pond, a couple caught in driving rain, and a terrace by the sea in cherry-blossom season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plates are by Yanagawa Shigenobu II, heir to the Yanagawa name founded by Hokusai's pupil and son-in-law. The colour is rich and confident, the patterned robes and lattice interiors printed with real finesse, and a final quiet page shows a single stag among falling leaves, the classical image of autumn longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth volumes keep their original red title slips, and the set is shown with a navy cloth case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shamisen Juni Choshi (Twelve Tunings of the Shamisen), complete in two volumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yanagawa Shigenobu II, as attributed\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\u003ePlates:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 double-page colour plates\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\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Obon (large format), stab-bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 25 x 18 cm (9.8 x 7.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mottled paper covers with original 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 wear to the covers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight stains in the first volume and handling marks at the lower edge of the second, without much effect on the plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal title slips retained on both volumes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\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 plates by Yanagawa Shigenobu II; 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 two 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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