{"product_id":"adam-eve-cj8mtd5d","title":"Adam and Eve","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe biblical story of Adam and Eve, told in Kawakami Sumio’s characteristic East-meets-West style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story begins with God’s creation of Adam and Eve, followed by the depiction of the serpent wrapped around the apple tree in the Garden of Eden, where they commit man’s first mortal sin. After their fall, they are depicted wearing kimono and in the very last plate they are holding their son (presumably Cain).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristianity is a recurring theme in Kawakami’s work. He was fascinated by the influence of the Portuguese in Japan and the harsh treatment of Christian during the Edo period, but more broadly his work draws on the theme of Western influence in Japan. Many of his books contain Christian motifs, such as churches, angels and the Virgin Mary, but this book is entirely biblical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Kawakami’s \u003cem\u003ePan and Nymph,\u003c\/em\u003e the very first edition of this book was printed in 1948 for the 22nd Kokugakai exhibition, though in this case it is not clear how many of these were made. According to the bibliography, the first edition was exhibited in a ‘temporary binding’ and it was only seven years later that a larger edition of 50 copies was made – of which the present copy is no.6. It is for this reason that the colophon (slightly confusingly) states 1948. A third edition of 100 copies was made in 1971 with a different binding and case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare. Only 1 copy in OCLC (Manoa Library, University of Hawaii).\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48786434261149,"sku":"263450","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0045\/9677\/files\/263450_07.jpg?v=1786451826","url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/adam-eve-cj8mtd5d","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}