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Shunga, sex and pleasure in Japanese art, edited by Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano

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Shunga, sex and pleasure in Japanese art, edited by Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-524) and index

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platesillustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Shunga

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catalogsbibliography

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861211482

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edited by Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano

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sex and pleasure in Japanese art

Summary

This catalogue aims to answer some key questions about what is shunga and why it was produced. In particular the social and cultural contexts for sex art in Japan are explored. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards as part of a process of cultural 'modernisation' that imported many contemporary western moral values. Only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan and this landmark book places erotic Japanese art in its historical and cultural context for the first time. This book looks at painted and printed erotic images produced in Japan during the Edo period (1600-1868) and early Meiji era (1868-1912). These are related to the wider contexts of literature, theatre, the culture of the pleasure quarters, and urban consumerism; and interpreted in terms of their sensuality, reverence, humour and parody. Exhibition: The British Museum, London, UK (03.10.2013-05.01.2014)

Table Of Contents

Early Shunga before 1765 -- Masterpieces of Shunga 1765-1850 -- Censorship -- Contexts for Shunga -- Shunga in the Meiji Era

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