KYOTO--Featuring erotic works created by some of the most celebrated ukiyo-e artists, the Hosomi Museum here is hosting its first “shunga” exhibition in eight years. Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun and ...

Celebrating sexual scenarios that appear both erotic and humorous is Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japenese Art, a new exhibit at The British Musuem in London. Shunga — which translates literally to ...

A pair of young female lovers writhing in pleasure as they embrace. A married, older couple entwined in each others arms. A courtesan, her neck exposed, the flash of crimson at her collar hinting at ...

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 ...

On September 19, the Eisei Bunko Museum in Tokyo bravely unveiled an exhibition of traditional Japanese erotic art called shunga. Despite the historical nature of the pieces, the art show doesn’t come ...

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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 ...

Japan's first major shunga (literally, "spring pictures") exhibition of erotic paintings and woodblock prints, is surprisingly hard work. As a venue for a ground-breaking assembly of images, which ...

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