Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the Edo Period
Book Details
Author(s)Chris Uhlenbeck, Margarita Winkel
PublisherHotei Publishing
ISBN / ASIN9074822665
ISBN-139789074822664
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Sales Rank1,473,460
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This is the first modern study on Japanese erotic print art (so called shunga) and shows highlights from the oeuvre of Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and many others. Various essays written by international experts describe this fascinating genre in its social, historical and artistic context, discussing themes like homosexuality, voyeurism, life in Edo's brothels, techniques of composition etc.
