Understanding Shunga: A Guide to Japanese Erotic Art (Masterclass)

This sumptous guide explains the cultural forces behind Shunga images and why the Japanese find them so erotic as well as revealing the influence of Shunga on great Western art movements such as Impressionism. Exquisitely and abundantly illustrated, this is the most comprehensively informative book ever to be written on the subject - truly a ""masterclass"".