{"product_id":"yanagawa-shigenobu-ama-no-ukihashi-1830-shunga-enpon-three-volumes-boxed","title":"Yanagawa Shigenobu Ama no Ukihashi 1830, Edo Period Japanese Shunga Harubon, Erotic Art Woodblock Ukiyoe Book, Complete Three Volumes in Wooden Box","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA complete large-format enpon of 1830 by Yanagawa Shigenobu, pupil and son-in-law of Hokusai, kept in three volumes with its wooden box.\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\u003eAma no Ukihashi, also written Amano Ukihashi, takes its title from the Floating Bridge of Heaven, where the creator gods Izanagi and Izanami stood in the oldest Japanese myth. The frontispiece shows a robed couple on an arched bridge above the clouds, and the joke of the title is that all love begins there. It was published in Tenpo 1 (1830) as an enpon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYanagawa Shigenobu (1787 to 1832) trained under Hokusai and married into his family. His plates here are full-page and double-page compositions in brilliant colour: courtly robes against lacquered railings, swallows on a hanging kimono, mosquito nets, lanterns and writing tables, each intimate scene set in a carefully furnished room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes, marked heaven, earth and man in the traditional way, rarely appear together, and fewer still keep a wooden box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ama no Ukihashi, complete in three volumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yanagawa Shigenobu, as attributed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tenpo 1 (1830), 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\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 25.4 x 18.2 cm (10.0 x 7.2 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue-grey paper covers with red title slips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBox:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wooden storage box with lid\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\u003eNo worm damage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo old scorch tears at the head of the third volume, repaired; they sit outside the printed frame and barely touch the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral age wear and soiling; otherwise no notable damage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoins seen on some plates were placed only for photography, and a clear stand holds the pages open; neither is part of the book.\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 the Edo-period edition of 1830 with plates by Yanagawa Shigenobu; date and attribution are given as recorded for the book and are not independently certified. Keep the volumes flat in their box, away from sun and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volumes travel in their wooden box, wrapped in acid-free tissue inside a padded rigid carton, 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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