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Japanese Erotic Art

The Hidden World of Shunga

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Japanese erotic art, <em>shunga</em>, has a long history, with thousands of paintings, prints, and illustrated books produced, mostly from the seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. <em>Shunga</em> literally means “picture of spring”—“spring” being a common Japanese euphemism for sex—and the works celebrate all facets of human sexuality with great candor. Unlike earlier books that have tended to focus on individual artists, this new publication has a thematic structure, covering the whole spectrum of sexual practice and expression, including adultery and jealousy, voyeurism, orgasm, and violent sex and death. Using images from his own unparalleled collection, Ofer Shagan brings the rich and vast world of <em>shunga</em> to modern view, highlighting the messages, symbols, and humor that often appear in the background but are fundamentally significant for understanding the messages in the art.

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Japanese Erotic Art, Ofer Shagan, Mark Halpern, C. Andrew Gerstle

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Titre
Japanese Erotic Art
Sous-titre
The Hidden World of Shunga
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2013
Format
souple
Pages
472
ISBN10
0500291179
ISBN13
9780500291177
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Japanese erotic art, <em>shunga</em>, has a long history, with thousands of paintings, prints, and illustrated books produced, mostly from the seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. <em>Shunga</em> literally means “picture of spring”—“spring” being a common Japanese euphemism for sex—and the works celebrate all facets of human sexuality with great candor. Unlike earlier books that have tended to focus on individual artists, this new publication has a thematic structure, covering the whole spectrum of sexual practice and expression, including adultery and jealousy, voyeurism, orgasm, and violent sex and death. Using images from his own unparalleled collection, Ofer Shagan brings the rich and vast world of <em>shunga</em> to modern view, highlighting the messages, symbols, and humor that often appear in the background but are fundamentally significant for understanding the messages in the art.