Shunshoku matsu no sakae

(The Vigorous Growth of the Erotic Pine, 春色松の栄)

c. 1848-1854

 

This three-volume series is also known as Fūzoku sangokushi, and it has been attributed to both Kuniyoshi and Kunisada.  Each page is approximately 8¾ by 61/3 inches or 22 by 16 cm, a size known as hanshi-bon.

 

This shows the above pages with the flaps rearranged. 

Book with fold-out open

Another state of the above design without the red cartouche in the right upper corner

The covers of the last () of three volumes

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