Shunshoku matsu no sakae
(The Vigorous Growth of the Erotic Pine, 春色松の栄)
c. 1848-1854
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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. |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Image from volume 1 |
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The preceding image with the flap in other
position |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Book with fold-out open |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Another state of the above design without the red cartouche in
the right upper corner |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Image from volume 1 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 2 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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Image from volume 3 |
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The covers of the last (下) of three volumes |
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Japanese Erotic Art, The Hidden World of Shunga by Ofer Shagen (Thames and Hudson, 2013) identifies this image, and the
following three images, as belonging to this series. However, the complete three-volume set in
the Honolulu Museum of Art does not have these images. |
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