{"product_id":"katsushika-hokusai-enmusubi-izumo-no-sugi-shunga-folding-album-later-woodblock","title":"Katsushika Hokusai Enmusubi Izumo no Sugi, Meiji Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Later Printing, Folding Album","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eEnmusubi Izumo no Sugi of 1822, held to be the last erotic picture book of Katsushika Hokusai, here in a later colour woodblock printing gathered into one folding album.\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\u003eEnmusubi Izumo no Sugi, the Cedar of Izumo that Binds Lovers, takes its title from the great shrine of Izumo, where the gods are said to gather each autumn to tie the threads of marriage. First published in 1822 (Bunsei 5) under the name of Katsushika Hokusai and his studio, it is regarded as the last of his enpon, the privately circulated erotic books of the Edo period. It carries the boldness of his late hand: monumental figures filling the double page and robes in flat fields of indigo, saffron, viridian and red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album is a woodblock facsimile printed in the Meiji period or later, and it is offered plainly as such. Printed from cut blocks rather than by photographic process, the sheets keep the crisp key line of true woodblock work. Flowing kana dialogue runs around the figures, for shunga was also comic literature, read aloud and laughed over; one plate sets a pair of dogs beside the human scene, a warai-e joke in the spirit of Hokusai's wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front cover keeps its pink title slip, and the back cover is a sea-green paper flecked with dark specks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enmusubi Izumo no Sugi (The Cedar of Izumo that Binds Lovers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katsushika Hokusai and studio, after the design of 1822\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodblock facsimile, printed in the Meiji period or later\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 Colour woodblock printing on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single folding album (orihon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 22 x 13.5 cm (8.7 x 5.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShown:\u003c\/strong\u003e Covers, eleven double-page plates and a page of text\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\u003eLight soiling, as expected of a book of this age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn old repair at the binding of the front cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small discs seen on some plates were placed by the photographer for discretion and are not part of the work.\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=\"\/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 later woodblock printing after Hokusai's Enmusubi Izumo no Sugi of 1822; it is not a first edition, and its printing is dated to the Meiji period or later. 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=\"\/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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