{"product_id":"mid-edo-period-shunga-handscroll-twelve-hand-painted-scenes-587-cm","title":"Mid-Edo Period Shunga Handscroll, Twelve Hand-Painted Scenes in Rich Colour, 587 cm Long","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eTwelve intimate scenes painted by hand in rich colour unroll across nearly six metres of this mid-Edo period handscroll.\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 scroll opens quietly: a woman plays the shamisen while a guest sits with his tea, a prelude before the lovers of the following scenes. Couples embrace on quilts of flame red, saffron and checked yellow, their robes patterned with bellflowers, peonies and waves. The figures are drawn in the full, rounded manner of early ukiyo-e painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead from right to left, a handscroll reveals one scene at a time, which makes it the most theatrical of shunga formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArt and Social History\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShunga, spring pictures, were also called makura-e, pillow pictures, and warai-e, laughing pictures, for their humour. Painted handscrolls were costly private objects, heirs to the courtly picture scrolls of earlier centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unrecorded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shunga (makura-e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handscroll (makimono) of twelve scenes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ink and colour, painted by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-Edo, as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMount:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-decorated frontispiece; brocade outer cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 32 x 587 cm (12.6 x 231 in)\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 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe outer end is worn and torn; the tie cord and roller knobs are missing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne repair at a paper joint; some creasing, with light paint loss in a few scenes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe small discs seen in some photographs were laid over details for discretion and are not part of the work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eC (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 hand-painted mid-Edo handscroll by an unrecorded painter; no signature or seal is claimed. Store loosely rolled, away from sun and damp, and unroll one section at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRolled in acid-free tissue inside a rigid case 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. Further pieces of the kind are kept in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shunga-hidden-arts\"\u003eShunga and Hidden Arts\u003c\/a\u003e and among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-scrolls-byobu-screens\"\u003escrolls and screens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking a particular painter or subject? 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