" Shunga " is the Japanese word to describe the study of the Japanese erotic art prints. This limited edition is an anthology of these prints on 17th & 18th century in the two different schools : The most important is the Edo ( old word for Tokyo ) and the other one Kamigata ( Osaka & Kyoto). All the great masters of Shunga are present, Hokusai, Kunisada, Utamaro and others Richard Lane (1926-2002) was the best specialist for Japanese erotic art prints , Historian of arts, and art seller too, he wrote some books about this subject , This one is a special limited edition Deluxe with slipcase. Published in 1997 with Blue title letters . Vol II . This one is more scarce to get ; inside is excellent ( photos uploaded are from my own book) You have a small description in English & Japanese at the bottom of each photo ; noted also the master's name with the school where he comes from ; Each school have methods, colors , details different , you can see one school with full of humoristics details here and there ( like humoristics drawings in the newspaper) The book is bound with a yellow cloth , the letters are black embossed on the spine and the English title is simply embossed on the cover book, the Kanji title is blue embossed .. The book is large 33,5 x 26,5 ( the slipcase is 34,2 x 27,5 cm ) The plates are full page and that is the main difference with others editions ; each plate is 28-30 cm large and 20 cm high. A commentary in Japanese and English are at the bottom of each photos ; a complete commentary in Japanese at the end of the book. The slipcase and book are in excellent conditions , few opened.