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Shunshoku hatsune no ume 春色初音之六女 (Spring Colours: First Cry of the Warbler on the Plum (or Spring Passions: First Cries of Six Women))   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Shunshoku hatsune no ume 春色初音之六女 (Spring Colours: First Cry of the Warbler on the Plum (or Spring Passions: First Cries of Six Women))
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English: Illustrated book, 3 vols. Erotic scenes and text. Woodblock-printed.
Date 1842
date QS:P571,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 24.60 centimetres (covers)
Width: 17.10 centimetres (covers)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
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OA+,0.463.1-3
Notes Published at the New Year of 1842, this book was an erotic reworking of the phenomenally popular romantic novel in the ninjo-bon genre, Shunshoku umegoyomi (Spring-Coloured Plum Calendar; Clark et al 2013, cat. 72). The erotic version was written by the same author as the original, Tamenaga Shunsui, using his hidden name ‘Kyo- kuntei Jinsui’. The illustrations were designed by ‘Bukiyo Matahei’, the hidden name of Utagawa Kunisada. The book comprises three volumes with beautifully decorated covers and rich, multi-coloured illustrations, reflecting the deluxe printing and bookbinding techniques of the time (see Clark et al 2013, pp. 158–61). The scene reproduced here comes from volume one and recreates the corresponding scene from the original novel, featuring the lovers Tanjiro- and Yonehachi (Clark et al 2013, cat. 72). The red cartouche provides a description of the scene, while conversational text is inserted above the couple. They make love after a long separation and since Tanjiro- is weakened by illness Yonehachi lies on top, taking care of her lover. His lack of vigilance irritates Yonehachi, however, and causes her to question his fidelity; she begs him to stop playing cat and mouse with her. The signature on the screen on the left is Kunisada’s alias ‘Matahei’. During the repressive Tenpo- reforms (1841–3), Shunsui was found guilty in 1842 of writing pornography and sentenced to fifty days in handcuffs. Allegedly Kunisada was spared prosecution as he was regarded as a mere hanger-on, who lived in a relatively remote part of the city. In fact, Kunisada had left Edo for a pilgrimage to Ise as soon as he realized the severity of the situation. Shunshoku hatsune no ume is a significant example of an erotic book which, like the original novel, was aimed primarily at a female readership. [MH]
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