Entitled ‘ A Small Love Story: The World of Mameban Shunga ’, the exhibition is on until March 15 and features some 300 mameban shunga curated by Yasutaka Hayashi of artist collective Chim↑Pom from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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