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Condition: Good. 2 Color woodblock prints, comprising a diptych cut in two and tipped into two mats. Images: 36.7x25 cm (14½x10"); mats: 51x37.3 cm (20¼x14¾").,Diptych from the series Genji goshû yojô by Kunisada (1786-1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III .Condition:Faint scuffing and creasing, touches of wear along edges; very good.

Inshoku yojo kagami (Rules of Dietary Life) is one of two ukiyoe woodblock prints that are believed to have been created by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) circa 1850. The other was called Boji yojo kagami (Rules of Sexual Life). Both prints show the inner workings of the human body, a schematic that was widely accepted by the lower class at this period of Japanese history, and both depict organs and processes as being run by small men. This was done to create an easy chain of learning. The common people of Japan would learn the believed functions of the organs if they could relate their purpose to something they knew. Showing people working, as if trying to run a kitchen, was accessible to the average person. The medium of ukiyoe was a popular art form amongst commoners during the Edo period and, due to this, was generally sold and enjoyed amongst the lower and middle classes. , Image Size : 436x335 (mm), 17.17x13.19 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : , Printed in Color, Wood Engraving Very Good. Mild wear. Folded print, flattened. Upper right corner is provided in facsimile with period manuscript ink.

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[Japan c.1848, n.p.]. A matching pair, large broadsides,very good, vegetal colored woodblock prints, hand-printed on hand made large Washi Kawaraban paper, size ca: 36.5 x 50 cm., with title cartouche & adjacent texts. A RARE SET COMPLETE . *** **** *** . . . GORDON E. MESTLER'S PERSONAL COLLECTION COPY . . . A SPECTACULAR . . . GRAND & DELUXE BROADSIDES . . . A RARE MATCHING PAIR . . . OF COLOR WOODBLOCK ANATOMICAL PRINTS . . *** This is very RARE matching pair of examples illustrating the function of all male and female organs. . MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY: In 1848, the general understanding of "medicine" in the daily lives of the common Japanese was exceptionally limited. They believed in superstitions, some believed in primitive Chinese-related traditional and ancient medical practices, most of which were anecdotal. . Japanese of this period had little factual knowledge and lacked reliable, "medical" knowledge of how their bodies actually functioned. The name of and workings of various organs were not well understood. . * With the appearance of this set of Deluxe Kawara-Ban [broadside] size color print showing the bodily functions and organ names had a great impact and value on a society of rather ignorant people. Hitherto these people only had rudimentary concepts on the workings of their own bodies. These prints gave graphic insights to the workings and functions in laymen terms. . * A unique look at how ingenious Japanese physicians conceived of and applied known native concepts of "medical technology" and expanded on that to give ordinary Japanese a better insight to actual bodily functions. These physicians utilized every-day products to explain and relate the complex functions of the human organism. A graphic look at the workings of human anatomy expanded the horizons of most Japanese. This set of prints accomplished the goals of physicians achieving superb results. . * THE WORKING OF THE ORGANS: Collecting teams of miniature male or female workers, the bodily functions were reduced to common, familiar & daily activities of rural Japanese in terms of farming, metallurgy, grain production. Also the common practice of making of essential oils. Each graphically shown in easy terms of contemporary technological images and supported with easy text and vocabulary, to facilitate understanding. . The average Japanese of this period understood and had observed these methods of production, it was natural to assume the human body worked along similar lines. Using examples from daily life helped to insure good understanding of the body. . *** DESCRIPTION OF THE PAIR OF PRINTS: This superb and most rare example consists of the complete set of two color woodcut prints: . MALE PRINT INSHOKU YOYO KAGAMI [Literal: REFLECTIONS ON MALE ORGAN FUNCTIONS] . This shows an ordinary Edo period [1604-1868] Japanese man drinking a cup of hot Sake [rice wine], with a tray of celebratory food before him on a tray. Perhaps it was New Years. The tray has a red snapper with ginger. He is seated and as he drinks, the internal organs are identified from the top: lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, stomach, the large & small intestines. . There is a profusion of descriptive text surrounding the illustration, with red lines to indicate the function of each organ, which is described in much detail. The prints are a visual map to the body and its complex organs and functions. . MALE ORGANS: . The heart shows GREED: little men bringing gold to the boss, while he pours over his account book. The lungs are shown as a team of men with giant fans making the exchange of air possible, resulting in breathing. . Other workers in the stomach illustrate a team of labors with bamboo poles or yokes on their shoulder with wooden buckets suspended at each end, carrying food being moved about. Other little men shovel and hoe food around. . A worker climbs up a ladder to the heart to dump food. The process of cleansing [creation & movement of urine] is shown as a group of men pouring buckets of liquid in a press to filter and extract. . As the food moves down through the digestion process the last stop is the "Mon" or "gate," controlled by two "gate keepers" who allow the flow and refuse to depart. . *** FEMALE PRINT: "BOJI YOYO NO KAGAMI" Literal: "Reflections on Female Organ Functions." . Like the male example this print shows the complete body with the organ functions, and the resulting bi-products. Biological function is enhanced by emotional motives, other characteristics are portrayed in a similar manner. In the female print, small women do the bodily work to make the organs function. . * This superb and most RARE example, shows a Japanese Oiran [common prostitute] at leisure. She has the typical and elaborate coiffeur, with hair pins, dressed in a stunning silk Kimono. She displays another sign of her profession with her upper lip painted red, the lower lip in green. This was a standard followed by prostitutes of that period. It is a common feature in Shunga [erotic Japanese woodcut books]. . She sits beside her black and gold lacquered smoking box, while she is smoking a "Kiseru" pipe. Draped over the handle of the smoking box is a large group of Chirishi [toilet paper] used to wipe after love-making, this is an common erotic symbol in Shunga . The illustration was created like a pictorial map of bodily functions, with a large crew of tiny women workers who labor to make the body perform digestion and all related other functions. . At the top, as the woman inhales the smoke, there are two tiny women who operate the mechanical bellows [often used in Japanese metal & Samurai sword production] by pushing & pulling to 'pump' & fan lung activity. One woman 'pumps' rests while the other rests. Another pair of female workers have hand held fans as an auxiliary to lung pumping. . The heart is surrounded by flames, indicating this is the source of passion and emotions. Greed is displayed by a woman who is a bookk.

[Japan ca. 1848, n.p.] A single large color woodblock print, printed by hand on hand-made paper with vegetal colors, 38 x 51.5 cm., minor scuffing, some tiny old mended pin holes,old folds, excellent condition for such a RARE grand size print. . . *** **** *** . . . A SPECTACULAR . . . GRAND & DELUXE BROADSIDES . . . A RARE EXAMPLE OF HOW MALE ORGANS FUNCTION . . . A COLOR WOODBLOCK ANATOMICAL PRINT . . *** Offered here is a single large color print of male organ functions. . This superb and most rare example, shows a Japanese man drinking a cup of hot Sake [wine], with a tray of celebratory food before him on a tray. . The tray has a red snapper fish with ginger. The man is seated, and as he drinks, all internal organs are identified from the top: lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, stomach and the large and small intestines. . There is a profusion of text surrounding the illustration, with red lines to indicate what organ's function is being described. . In the heart, GREED is the subject of the illustration; it shows people bringing gold to the owner, while he pours over his account book. . The lungs are shown as a team of men with giant fans making breathing possible. . Other workers in the stomach show a team of labors with bamboo poles on their shoulder with a wooden bucket suspended at each end with food being moved about, as others shovel and hoe food around. . Another worker climbs up a ladder to the heart to dump food there ! The process of cleansing [creation & movement of urine] is showed a group of men pouring buckets of liquid in a press to filter and extract. As the food goes through the digestion process the last stop are the gates, controlled by two "gate keepers" who allow the flow and refuse to depart. . This was a superb example created for the common man to understand the complex process with a visual aid, and in simple Japanese. . *** MALE VARIANTS: There are two variants to this male print: 1. The man wears a black & white plaid Kimono over one shoulder with a bottle of Sake near his left hand. The background is gray, with the artist's signature & censor's seal at the lower right margin. . 2. Similar to the above, except the man does not wear a Kimono, only a loin cloth. The bottle of Sake is at his right hand side, with a white background three-quarters of the way down the last quarter is a green color. The man's left hand fingers are different from the example above. There is no artist's signature nor censor's seal. The surrounding text is also in a different format and not matching the one above. . Please see Nakahara examples found on pp.144 & 145, #'s 114 & 115. Both variants are considered quite RARE and seldom found. The male example is part of a pair of matching prints the other shows the female counterpart. See Nakahara page 143, #113, with title; BOJI YOYO KAGAMI. . Both are attributed to the artist his studio name was Yoshitsuna Ittosai, who's actual name was Utagawa Yoshitsuna, a famous pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. . *** [NOTE: The below is strictly "informational," we offer the single male print.] . THE COMPLETE SET: The complete set of two companion prints showing the male and female examples. The matching pair are seldom found and are very RARE. . *** . FEMALE PRINT: The female companion to the male print was with title: BOO YOYO KAGAMI, and it was never signed nor censor sealed. See Nakahara p.143, illustration #113. . *** LACK OF ARTIST'S NAME AND CENSOR SEAL: One can only assume that the variant of the male example and also the female example was unsigned because the artist knew that such public exposure of women's private and internal parts were thought to be "licentious" and were prohibited by the Bakufu. Therefore the variant of the male example and the female examples all are without the artist's name and censor's seal. Clearly it was abundantly clear the female example would not pass the Shogun's censor's approval, it and the male variants were issued as contraband, illegally against the Shogun's permission. The punishment for this crime was immediate death upon discovery. Any "licentious" or anti-Shogun political publications were not granted the censor's seal meaning approval by the government to publish. . *** EXTRA EXPENSE FOR A DELUXE AND GRAND SIZE KAWARA-BAN SHEET: It is also obvious that publication of this set of prints were expensive to produce. By virtue of the fact that no other single broadside [Kawara-ban] was issued in this grand size on a single sheet paper. Large maps of the period were printed on small sheets then glued together and other Kawara-ban never approached this grand size of a single sheet. . Thus, the higher cost of special order extra large hand- made Washi paper, in adaptation to a set of 7-8 cherry wood blocks to complete eleven colors would have pushed the cost factor to an exceptionally high level. Ordinary woodcut prints were typically about 9 x 14 inches, this print is two & one third times larger. The standard production capability of a set of wood blocks was known to be a maximum of about 200 copies with no gaps in between the printing process, as the blocks dry they begin to warp and check, rendering them useless for any quality reprinting. . Therefore the printing of this set of prints must have been performed at a very fast pace, without rest time to print the complete multicolor Deluxe size work & all copies before the blocks became useless. The larger the blocks the faster they warp & become useless. One may deduce from all of these factors, that who ever initiated this clearly was a person of means. One can also presume that a Japanese physician or Rangaku-sha [scholar of Dutch learning] was behind this in an effort to teach the public about basic health issues even if contrary to Shogun law. . *** OTHER VARIANT PRINTINGS: The print was also issued in black-Sumi outline, without any color. Per a private dated letter addressed to us [Jan. 20, 1978] we have from Richard Lane, PhD. and Ukiyo-e scholar, & the.

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