Hokusai’s ‘The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife’ is the highlight of an exhibition showcasing Shunga prints by ukiyo-e masters ...
View A chuban yoko-e shunga print depicting a naked and aroused male pilgrim emerging from inside a mosquito net at an inn, grabbing a maidservant by her obi as she coyly rejects his advances ...
Japanese erotic prints known as "shunga" -- literally, "spring pictures" -- are described by Tokyo Shimbun (May 1) as "one type of 'ukiyo-e' (floating world picture) that was popular during the Edo ...
Joyous and life-affirming: detail from 'Men with women in a bath house' by Isoda Koryusai (Japan, 18th century) Credit: Photo: ALAMY The Japanese erotic art called shunga is so explicit that the ...
The museum's "Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art" is one of three shows on across Britain dedicated to traditional Japanese erotica, pleasure and Kabuki theatre from 1600 to 1900. The ...
Postcards of the exhibition "Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art" are on display at the gift shop in the British Museum, central London October 1, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett By Paul Casciato ...
Mid-coitus couples entwined in ways that would test a contortionist, their hugely exaggerated genitalia on full display; Buddhist priests seducing young male novices; women pleasuring each other with ...
25.1 x 36.8 cm. (9.9 x 14.5 in.) ...
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