View Collection of 39 Egoyomi Shunga prints (1790 - 1848) By Eisen Keisai; Egoyomi Shunga prints; 9,4 x 12,5 cm - 9,8 x 13 cm (Kassette 47,5 x 31,5 x 5 cm); . Access more artwork lots and estimated & ...

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Traditional Japanese erotic art – shunga – flourished during the Edo period (1603–1867), along with the rise of ukiyo-e woodblock printing. Some of the greatest artists of the time, including Kitagawa ...

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 ...

Although the artists were all men, women are almost invariably not only portrayed sympathetically, but as though they are definitely enjoying themselves; they are neither passive nor victims, and the ...

Some 300 miniature Shunga prints from the Edo period are on display in Shinjuku until the end of the week The works on display come from the collection of Mitsuru Uragami, one of Japan’s foremost ...

Between 1600 and the late 1900s, Japan embraced a culture of sexual delight and pleasure. The best of this art is going on display at the British Museum. Shunga is an art form that flourished between ...

Japan’s adult movie industry is among the biggest in the world, and its range of pornographic manga is eclectic and ubiquitous. But it has taken centuries-old works of art for the country to challenge ...

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806), Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow), c. 1788. Sheet from a colour-woodblock printed album.Picture: The Trustees of the British ...

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