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A very rare shunga entitled Shokanron [or] Shoganron [The Theory of Lascivious Connoisseurship of Women] by (EROTICA)

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A very rare shunga entitled Shokanron [or] Shoganron [The Theory of Lascivious Connoisseurship of Women] by (EROTICA)

A very rare shunga entitled Shokanron [or] Shoganron [The Theory of Lascivious Connoisseurship of Women]

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Many fine woodcuts (the first color-printed), of which 29 are double-page & 9 are single-page. 50 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (rubbed), new stitching. [Japan]: "Iki no omoitsuki nari," [a playful pun meaning the publisher is sharing the thoughts of a connoisseur], Preface dated ca. 1764-65.<br /> <P> First edition of this fairly early shunga, and extremely rare; no copy listed in WorldCat nor the Union Catalogue of Japanese Books. We have located one copy in the Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.<br /> <P> This is a richly illustrated and witty book, an obvious parody of the ancient medical text "Shokanron," in which the author takes a novel approach: he describes how to appraise women from a sexual perspective. We find nothing like this book in the great exhibition catalogue Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (British Museum: 2013). The text is filled with double-meanings and puns and has almost the quality of a textbook. The beginning of the text states that the proper appreciation of women is of equal importance and gravity as the nine-year contemplation of Buddha by Bodhidharma. The author relates that this book was the result of 57 men with much sexual experience gathering and making a classification of gyokumon (a woman's genital area). Each orifice is discussed and graded.<br /> <P> The first woodcut is color-printed and depicts a woman, her internal organs, and the three sexual orifices (one can make a woman pregnant, the others not). The qualities and pleasurable sensations a man derives from each orifice is described. The many explicit woodcuts that follow contain dialogue alongside the images of men and women coupling. The men and women come from very different socio-economic levels and ages (from aristocrats to samurai to merchants to actors to prostitutes), all revealed by their hairstyles, attire, and room interiors. Later woodcuts illustrate the anatomical variations within women (short necks, big hips, etc., also discussed in the text).<br /> <P> Towards the end is a section on how to make a good match based on sexual characteristics. Another section describes how not to make a woman pregnant.<br /> <P> The date of the Preface is based on two kanji characters that sound like "Horeki 15." The Horeki era ended in year 13 (1763). The Preface was written and signed by "Keichoin," which has sexual connotations based on the characters.<br /> <P> The first double-page woodcut did not print well on the recto (nor did the text on the verso) but is largely intact. Minor, mostly marginal, stains to four folding leaves. Minor worming to Preface leaves and, again, minor worming, mostly marginal, towards end. In spite of these defects, this copy is in fine and fresh condition. Preserved in a chitsu.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING, 6/E

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Manning, Martha | Undercurrents | Unsigned First Edition Copy

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El Periodismo Filipino, 1811-1910 The First Century of Philippine Journalism

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Bibliographical Notes, Biographical Entries, Critical Notes, Extracts and Anecdotes by Wenceslao Emilio Retana
With The History of the Philippine Press, 1811-1910 by Jose Victor Z. TorresTranslated and Annotated by Jaime M. Marco

Wenceslao E. Retana's El Periodismo Filipino captures the glorious struggle of Filipino thought as it strove to break free in public media. Retana's voluminous research on the first century of Philippine journalism is a thrilling documentation of the emancipation of Filipino intellectuality following a surprisingly linear emplotment: from halting ignorance to tentative expressions, then to raging radicalism and freethinking that exploded into the Philippine Revolution of 1896, only for its republican and progressive ideals to be dashed once again by a new and insidious colonial master.
In the book we witness print culture slipping away from two and a half centuries of Spanish friar control, which previously had only emphasized translation and doctrinal… Read More
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