" 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 imortant is the Edo ( old word for Tokyo ) and the other one Kamigata ( Osaka & Kyoto). 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 , 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 , the Kanji title is orange embossed .. The book is large 33,5 x 26,5 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 conditions are very good to excellent, the slipcase is slightly worn on the edge ( photos), The book stayed excellent.