Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan

by Rosina Buckland

Book Overview

The erotic encounters depicted in shunga reflect multiple perspectives--male, female, heterosexual, and same-sex. There is a particular emphasis on sexual situations in everyday life: a wife catches her husband seducing a maid, a couple is spied on by a curious servant, and mice start copulating in imitation of the humans. Japanese erotic art was characterized by exaggeration and fantasy and, as one verse-writer warns, "The foolish couple copy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468306987
• ISBN13: 9781468306989
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher