[Japan n.d.ca.1860's]. Green silk brocade cloth covers, very clean, solid copy, 8.5 x 12 cm., accordion folded, painted on both sides, 12 double-page erotic color paintings, all edges gilt, on thick album leaves. OBSCURE CHARMING WORK . *** *** *** . . . A SUPERB POLYCHROME PAINTED MINIATURE EROTIC ALBUM . . . TWELVE DOUBLE-PAGE STUNNING EROTIC SCENES . . *** A miniature Japanese hand-painted erotic album. As was the custom at the time, these albums were seldom signed or signed with a pseudonym to hide the true artist's name. . This stunning and skillfully painted album is most likely the anonymous work of a famous Ukiyo-e artist, executed in polychrome with the utmost detail. . *** . THE TITLE: EN SHO HI CHO: SECRET BOOK OF BIG LEAVES AND THE SWALLOW: Is a play on words, the "big leaf" means the vagina, and the "swallow" refers to the penis, and of course most of the erotic books contain the character "Hi" [Himitsu = secret] secret or hidden book in the title. . **** TWELVE DOUBLE-PAGE EROTIC PAINTINGS: Front Side: . 1. A man with a large hard-on holds his penis projecting from his Kimono, as he listens to a couple on the other side of the Shoji screen making love. . The opposite page shows a sexually excited woman flushed and pink-faced, while she also listens to the adjacent couple making love. She prepares to wipe her freely flowing love-fluids, she holds a packet of Chirishi [toilet paper] at the ready. Her Kimono is parted, revealing her red under wear with her legs parted. . 2. A man inserts his fingers inside the his lover's vulva, she closes her eyes in ecstasy, pink-faced and flushed. . 3. A couple making love, the woman rides on top of the man, her rear end exposed, showing his penis entering her vagina. She is flushed and red-faced in excitement. . 4. A couple making love. The woman is on her knees offering her rear to him, as he enters her vagina, we can see his testacies and a fierce look on his face. His Kimono is pulled open, her Kimono is pulled over her back, revealing her bright red under Kimono. . 5. Before a grand screen of landscape and a plum tree in blossom, a couple make love. She clutches a packet of Chirishi [toilet paper] in her right hand. She is on her back, spread wide and open, he penetrates her fully-exposed vagina revealing his penis half-way inside her. He clutches her around the back of her neck with both arms, holding her Kimono firmly. He is flushed and pink-faced in ecstasy. . 6. A man makes love and enjoys two women. His penis penetrates the closest woman and sucks her nipple, while inserting his fingers into the vagina of the second. Both women have exposed vagina's. All three display very bright red-pink-flushed faces in fits of sexual passion. * VERSO OR BACK SIDE OF THE ALBUM: . 7. A naked woman is on her back, spread-eagle, right leg held up by his left arm. She is top-mounted by her passionate male lover. He is on his knees penetrating her anus. The woman flails her arms, squinting in pain, the man has a firm look on his pink-flushed face. Her Kimono is spread below, her wooden pillow is pushed off to the side. . 8. A fully naked and well-tattooed man sits on the Tatami mat, while holding a naked woman's left leg up enough to easily enters her exposed vagina from the rear. Love fluids freely flow from her vagina. She faces away from her lover while supporting herself by holding his right leg and left hand on the Tatami. He is pink-faced in ecstasy. . 9. A man catches a prostitute on the street. He pushes her against a building, while pulling up the back side of her Kimono. Spreading his Kimono open, he enters her vagina from the rear. They are both exposed from the hips downward, revealing their genitals. They are both quite red-faced in moment of sexual passion and ecstasy. . 10. An afternoon scene, the man wears a cloth over his head, hiding himself from the public. He secretly entered his lover's room. The eager and passionate lovers embrace, he is on his knees, she willingly si.