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Karitaku zensei kurabe Popularity & Comparison of Beauties in the Temporary Quarters

rif. 7716Seven double-page one of which has flaps & folds out into a four-panel scene and two single-page woodcuts all finely color-printed and nine double-page black & white woodcuts. One color-printed title-page pasted down on inner upper wrapper 24 folding leaves. Small 8vo orig. color-printed upper wrapper with embossing decorated lower wrapper new stitching. Edo: Preface dated 1864. First edition and very rare; we find no copy in WorldCat. The Preface was written by Tanekiyo Ryusuitei 1823-1907 using his pen name "Insuitei." Following one of the frequent fires in the famous pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara often started by the prostitutes in an effort to free themselves many brothels temporarily re-established themselves in other locations throughout Edo. This book was issued as sort of a guide to the newly relocated brothels and very much reflects the changes that shunga books were going through during the end of the Edo period. The first double-page woodcut depicts the exterior of a thriving brothel in Edo with many prostitutes within looking out to the numerous passing men and women on the bustling street. This opens up into a four-panel image of the interior of the brothel showing men being entertained and engaging in several sexual activities. The following six double-page woodcuts depict the "star" prostitutes all engaged in sex with the names of the brothels where they worked. All the rooms shown are very luxuriously furnished with silk screens ornate fabrics and beautiful furniture. These woodcuts are all printed in richly saturated colors including silver and gold pigments and with complex embossing. The cult of sex organs where phalluses are objects of veneration and worship is also exhibited here in a most uncommon image. The final color-printed woodcut - single-page - depicts an altar inside the brothel where a phallus is the center of worship. Envelopes containing cash left by clients are piled in front. See Suzuki Kenko's most fascinating "Popular Cults of Sex Organs in Japan: Guardian Deities Auspicious Objects and Votive Paintings" in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 364-67. The text section contains nine very interesting double-page black-and-white woodcuts showing elaborate scenes of entertainment men and women having "intimate moments" the aftermath of sex with copious dribbling secretions used napkin wipes on the floor etc. These scenes can be described as "action-packed." Fine and fresh copy. One black-and-white woodcut has two small holes. unknown books

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · Stati Uniti4250,00 USD≈ 3789,57 €

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1940s Commonplace Book - Mockery Musings Satire Graveyard Humor Fantasy and Politics

1940rif. 25006459United Kingdom 1940. Wrap titled The College" Drawing Book split down down the spine and kept separate to prevent further discoloration; binding thread has severed; else near fine. This book is represents the true meaning of commonplace book - interpretations of things read or observed on the streets in museums and throughout one's environs. It focuses on vignettes of history military satire and gallows humor with smatterings of everything else. Executed in ink and watercolor. Constructed as one to four thought stories or interpretations per page. All accompanied with thick outlined illustrations with vibrant color washes. The accompanying art is zany skillfully executed and tells much of the story. A segment often begins with a statement of fact followed by mockery or musings on the subject. The first page is themed "Note from Biblical Quotations" e.g. lighting our darkness give us this day our daily bread and though shalt not steal. This is followed by The Chest in Which the Domsday sp. was Kept and Domesday Book Number 1. Followed by The New Shako For Infantry 1860 on a royal marine officer Sir George Rodney Admiral Ring of Martin Luther and Signet Ring of Mary Queen of Scots. Page 4 focuses on English presentation swords while the facing page is Esquimaux tools and the Royal Red Cross. Next is commentary on Saint Asaph Cathedral and Women of the Holyland. The next pages are Pompey's Pillar Gladstone as a young man and Cleopatria's Needle recruiting marching dogs potatoes and a London Fire-Float. It continues with Haydock Lodge The "Greatestest" honour a British Soldier can Earn Some Formosa Quakes and Shakes and the Persian crown of the Emperor of Germany. For a change of venue it progresses to the King of Arrancan and an Australian Aborigine and his Boomerang leading to an Antique Snuff Box Egyptian Key of Life and Stonehenge. This is followed by A Dream Impression The Nina Chakaral Near Cabul Cradle and Chairs of Charles VI of Scotland Passion Flower Mohammed Seuleman Sutlan Borneo The Bear Heart The Bare Beer Glass St. John resting in the Tale of Patmos The final illustration is a well dressed woman with a large dog on a leash. It is captioned "She could lead her dog bur Her dog of a husband could not be lead". Measures 10.75" by 7". 16 pages. unknown books

Eclectibles · Stati Uniti1800,00 USD≈ 1604,99 €

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