{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-kamigata-koi-shugyo-shunga-enpon-volumes-one-and-two","title":"Utagawa Kunisada Kamigata Koi Shugyo, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Volumes One and Two","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eKamigata Koi Shugyo, a course of training in love in Kyoto and Osaka: two volumes of the celebrated enpon by Utagawa Kunisada, with its famous ghost plate.\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\u003eKamigata was the name Edo gave to Kyoto and Osaka, the old capital and the merchant city, and shugyo is the word for a course of discipline or training. Kunisada's enpon follows a man of the world through the pleasure quarters of the west, and turns the journey into a sequence of adventures as much as amorous scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plates are by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 to 1865), later Toyokuni III, the most prolific designer of the Utagawa school. A pale ghost drifts above a brawl beneath the pines, the image for which the book is best known; spectators crowd a theatre box; divers wrestle in breaking surf; a giant toad rears under cherry blossom. Between them come lovers in richly patterned robes, a plum in a blue and white pot on the frontispiece, and the comic misadventures of warai-e, the laughing picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set offered here comprises the first and second volumes, in green covers with striped title slips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kamigata Koi Shugyo, volumes one and two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Utagawa Kunisada, as attributed\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 Woodblock printing on Japanese paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hanshibon (half-sheet format), stab-bound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover size:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 22.5 x 15.5 cm (8.9 x 6.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green paper covers with striped title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolumes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 (the first and second)\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\u003eWorm damage throughout both volumes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers worn at the edges.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall coins were laid over details of several plates for discretion when the book was photographed; they 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 Kunisada's Kamigata Koi Shugyo; the date of this printing is not recorded, and the attribution is given as recorded for the book and is 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=\"\/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 in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-woodblock-print-ukiyoe-culture-classical-texts-archive\"\u003earchive of woodblock prints and classical texts\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\u003eLooking for the third volume, or another Kunisada title? Our Hunting Salon™ locates it across Japan's private collector circles, then inspects, documents and delivers it to you. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hunting-salon%E2%84%A2\"\u003eBegin a Hunting Salon™ request\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-search\"\u003eCollectors also search: Kunisada shunga book · Kamigata Koi Shugyo ghost · Utagawa school erotic picture book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Utagawa Kunisada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483465371941,"sku":"JP-CL-Z645239152","price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/8829\/6229\/files\/kamigata-koi-shugyo-01_7a9e7df4-0e5e-455c-bacb-fe5ea982dd9b.jpg?v=1794591519","url":"https:\/\/japonista.com\/products\/utagawa-kunisada-kamigata-koi-shugyo-shunga-enpon-volumes-one-and-two","provider":"Japonista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}