Shunga : sex and pleasure in Japanese art /

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

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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 'modernisa...

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Corporate Author: British Museum
Other Authors: Clark, Timothy, 1959- (Editor), Gerstle, C. Andrew, 1951- (Editor), Ishigami, Aki (Editor), Yano, Akiko (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [North America] : Hotei Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:
Ukiyoe > Japan > Exhibitions.
Art, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868 > Exhibitions.
Art, Japanese > Meiji period, 1868-1912 > Exhibitions.
Erotic art > Japan > Exhibitions.
Sex in art > Exhibitions.
Wit and humor in art > Exhibitions.

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Call Number: NE1321.85.S58 S48 2013b
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