{"product_id":"e-hon-japonais-original-utagawa-yoshikazu-santo-kyozan-bijin-roku-edo-1857","title":"Original illustrated book (e-hon) – Utagawa Yoshikazu \u0026 Santō Kyōzan – The Register of Beauties to the Sound of the Koto – Edo 1857","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"428\"\u003eBook of traditional \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal\u003c\/strong\u003e Ukiyo-e prints, woodblock prints. 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\u003cstrong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"537\"\u003e十三編 下 Jūsan-ben ge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"644\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"574\"\u003eSantō Kyōzan 山東京山\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eCover cartouche: \u003cstrong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"627\"\u003e京山作 Kyōzan saku\u003c\/strong\u003e, work by Kyōzan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"769\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"692\"\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu 歌川芳員\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"695\"\u003eCover cartouche: \u003cstrong data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"746\"\u003e芳員画 Yoshikazu ga\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawn by Yoshikazu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"894\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"810\"\u003eSano-ya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛\u003c\/strong\u003e, publishing house \u003cstrong data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"845\"\u003eKikakudō 喜鶴堂\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"848\"\u003ePublisher's seal: \u003cstrong data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"894\"\u003e喜鶴堂梓 Kikakudō azusa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1065\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCensorship date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9th month of the Year of the Rabbit, \u003cstrong data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"959\"\u003eAnsei 2\u003c\/strong\u003e, October 1855\u003cbr data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"976\"\u003eCensor seals: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1014\"\u003e改 Aratame\u003c\/strong\u003e, approved, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1040\"\u003e卯九 U-Ku\u003c\/strong\u003e, Year of the Rabbit, 9th month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommercial publication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: New Year of the Year of the Snake, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1150\"\u003eAnsei 4\u003c\/strong\u003e, early 1857\u003cbr data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1165\"\u003eFinal catalog mention: \u003cstrong data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003e安政四年丁巳孟春新録\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1254\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: approx. \u003cstrong data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1254\"\u003e12 cm x 18 cm, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1286\"\u003e20 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e, all illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1339\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e: Japan, Edo period, discovered in Kyoto prefecture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1368\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1759\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1397\"\u003eKinsei Bijin-roku 琴声美人録\u003c\/strong\u003e, also abbreviated \u003cstrong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1430\"\u003eBijin-roku 美人録\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a long series of popular illustrated novels of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1504\"\u003egōkan 合巻\u003c\/strong\u003e type, published at the end of the Edo period. The \u003cstrong data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1552\"\u003egōkan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an illustrated narrative book, printed by woodblock, very popular in the 19th century: a form of visual serialized novel that can clearly be considered the \u003cstrong\u003eancestor of manga\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"2272\"\u003eThe complete series comprises \u003cstrong data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"1816\"\u003e17 parts for 68 volumes\u003c\/strong\u003e, which indicates its publishing success. As often in large gōkan series, several illustrators from the Utagawa school succeed each other throughout the volumes, notably \u003cstrong data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2016\"\u003eUtagawa Toyokuni\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2038\"\u003eUtagawa Kuniteru\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2065\"\u003eTachikawasaï Kunisato\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2069\" data-end=\"2090\"\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu\u003c\/strong\u003e. A particularly interesting point: \u003cstrong data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2182\"\u003eYoshikazu only appears in the 13th part\u003c\/strong\u003e, which makes this copy a specific volume!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2274\" data-end=\"2301\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2594\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2324\"\u003eSantō Kyōzan 山東京山\u003c\/strong\u003e, born \u003cstrong data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2349\"\u003eIwase Kyōji 岩瀬京治\u003c\/strong\u003e, is one of the great figures of popular literature from the late Edo period. Younger brother of the famous \u003cstrong data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2480\"\u003eSantō Kyōden 山東京伝\u003c\/strong\u003e, he built a long and prolific career, mainly in the field of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2565\" data-end=\"2574\"\u003egōkan\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2582\" data-end=\"2593\"\u003eyomihon\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"2596\" data-end=\"3214\"\u003eHis stories mix sentimental intrigues, family dramas, filial piety, vendettas, loyalty, pleasure quarters and social scenes. Less satirical than his brother, Kyōzan excelled in melodramatic stories accessible to the general public of Edo. He collaborated with great artists of the Utagawa school, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"2914\" data-end=\"2941\"\u003eKunisada \/ Toyokuni III\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"2956\"\u003eKuniyoshi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2958\" data-end=\"2971\"\u003eHiroshige\u003c\/strong\u003e and here \u003cstrong data-start=\"2979\" data-end=\"3000\"\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu\u003c\/strong\u003e. He died in 1858 at the remarkable age of 89, embodying almost single-handedly the living memory of Edo's cultural golden age. This volume, commercially published in 1857, therefore belongs to the very end of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"3216\" data-end=\"3244\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3246\" data-end=\"3552\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3246\" data-end=\"3272\"\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu 歌川芳員\u003c\/strong\u003e is an artist from the Utagawa school, active in the mid-19th century. A student of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3349\" data-end=\"3370\"\u003eUtagawa Kuniyoshi\u003c\/strong\u003e, he is known for his narrative scenes, warrior prints, illustrations for popular books, and later, his images related to the opening of Japan and Yokohama-e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3554\" data-end=\"3797\"\u003eIn this volume, Yoshikazu accompanies the narrative with a wealth of detail: women in kimonos, interior scenes, Japanese gardens, boat rides, high-ranking figures, popular characters and a dramatic confrontation scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"3799\" data-end=\"3811\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3813\" data-end=\"4058\"\u003eThis old Japanese illustrated book belongs both to the world of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3883\" data-end=\"3899\"\u003ebijin-ga 美人画\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its numerous representations of elegant women in kimonos, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"3973\" data-end=\"3990\"\u003efūzoku-ga 風俗画\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its scenes of life, travel, receptions and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4060\" data-end=\"4513\"\u003eThe episode visible in this volume seems to open around \u003cstrong data-start=\"4119\" data-end=\"4140\"\u003eKiyokawa 清川 \/ きよ川\u003c\/strong\u003e and the ladies of her house, who welcome \u003cstrong data-start=\"4187\" data-end=\"4201\"\u003eKurōta 九郎太\u003c\/strong\u003e, vassal of the Imadegawa house. The following pages unfold a refined world of late Edo: conversations in interiors, women in kimonos under flowers, procession with servants, boat ride in a Japanese garden, reception, exchanges between characters and scenes of aristocratic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4515\" data-end=\"4797\"\u003eThen the narrative seems to turn to discord, \u003cstrong data-start=\"4563\" data-end=\"4573\"\u003eKurōta\u003c\/strong\u003e seems to be unmasked or compromised. The most spectacular scene then shows \u003cstrong data-start=\"4711\" data-end=\"4744\"\u003eKiyokawa armed with a naginata\u003c\/strong\u003e, confronting Kurōta, who appears wounded and subdued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4799\" data-end=\"5155\"\u003eThis is one of the strongest images in the volume: Kiyokawa is not depicted as a simple beautiful woman, but as a true \u003cstrong data-start=\"4947\" data-end=\"4965\"\u003eaction heroine\u003c\/strong\u003e, almost a warrior. She seems to confront, defeat, and arrest the antagonist, before the women go to Lord \u003cstrong data-start=\"5097\" data-end=\"5126\"\u003eImadegawa 今出川\u003c\/strong\u003e to report to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"5157\" data-end=\"5183\"\u003eHistorical particularity:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"5185\" data-end=\"5375\"\u003eThis volume bears a particularly interesting dating. The censorship seals \u003cstrong data-start=\"5267\" data-end=\"5280\"\u003eAratame 改\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"5284\" data-end=\"5295\"\u003e卯九\u003c\/strong\u003e indicate validation of the woodblock prints in October 1855.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"5377\" data-end=\"5787\"\u003eA few weeks later, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"5409\" data-end=\"5433\"\u003eGreat Ansei Earthquake\u003c\/strong\u003e struck Edo on November 11, 1855, devastating many artisan, publisher, and printer districts. However, the final catalog of this copy bears a commercial date of \u003cstrong data-start=\"5615\" data-end=\"5636\"\u003eAnsei 4 New Year\u003c\/strong\u003e, early 1857. This 18-month delay suggests publication or re-release after the major disruptions caused by the disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"5789\" data-end=\"5800\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"5802\" data-end=\"6118\"\u003eVery beautiful antique copy, the cover is in perfect condition, the colors are very nice. The pages are very well preserved with no tears. 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