Japanese Erotic Art

Japanese Erotic Art
Author: Ofer Shagan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500291177

The definitive book on Japanese erotic art or shunga

Shunga

Shunga
Author: Rosina Buckland
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781468306989

Featuring paintings, handscrolls, prints, and illustrated books of erotica produced in Japan between 1600 and 1900, Shunga showcases some of the finest examples of Japanese erotic art, created with opulent materials and special printing effects.

Japanese Erotic Prints

Japanese Erotic Prints
Author: Inge Klompmakers
Publisher: Brill Hotei
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This publication offers the reader a ravishing selection of erotic prints ("shunga") by the first full-color woodblock-print masters: Suzuki Harunobu (c. 1725-70) and Isoda Kory{sai (act. c. 1764-88). It is based on a private collection of prints of remarkable quality, their radiant colors perfectly preserved by the albums in which they were kept. The first volume in a popular series on erotic prints by famous Japanese woodblock-print artists, this book contains a detailed general introduction to the genre of "shunga." In addition to a description of the historical and cultural settings of the prints, it focuses in particular on the locations and interiors where the erotic action takes place.

Understanding Shunga

Understanding Shunga
Author: Majella Munro
Publisher: ER Books
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2008
Genre: Erotic art
ISBN: 1904989543

This sumptous guide explains the cultural forces behind Shunga images and why the Japanese find them so erotic. It also reveals 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'.'

Shunga

Shunga
Author: Timothy Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780714124766

In early modern Japan, thousands of sexually explicit paintings, prints, and illustrated books with texts were produced, euphemistically called spring pictures (shunga). Frequently tender, funny and beautiful, shunga were mostly done within the popular school known as pictures of the floating world (ukiyo-e), by celebrated artists such as Utamaro and Hokusai. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s, and as a result it has only been made possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan within the last 20 years. This publication presents this fascinating art in its historical and cultural context, drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 images of works from major public and private collections.

The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of India and Nepal

The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of India and Nepal
Author: Nik Douglas
Publisher: Park Street Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780892816859

• A full-color collection of Eastern erotic art that presents lovemaking as a highly spiritual expression. • Brings together some of the finest examples of erotic art from India and Nepal, including pieces from the private collection of Nepalese royalty. • Includes commentaries and translations of verse from authentic Tantric treatises. • Companion book to The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of China and Japan. Hindu culture has always viewed lovemaking as one of the highest forms of spiritual and artistic expression. In the past it was customary to present newlyweds with beautifully painted erotic manuals on their wedding night. These "pillow books," often illustrated by great artists, helped to break down barriers and initiate the young couples into the aesthetics and techniques of physical love. A variety of pillow books are represented in The Erotic Sentiment, bringing together some of the finest examples from India and Nepal, including pieces from the private collection of a Nepalese king. Accompanying these exquisite reproductions are commentaries and translations of verse from authentic Tantric treatises. Together with the paintings, they elevate physical love to the spiritual realm of joyous ecstasy.

Shunga

Shunga
Author: Bret Norton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Art, Japanese
ISBN: 9789654941440

Stories, terms and extracts of illustrated scrolls, known as pillow books, that reflect the atmosphere of Shunga or Japanese eroticism.

Shunga

Shunga
Author: Marco Fagioli
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780789302458

"Shunga, or "images of spring," are erotic polychrome engravings produced for the pleasure-loving society of Japan. Painted by the masters of the Ukiyo-e school during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, the Shunga served a number of purposes: illustrations for love novels, instructive albums for young wives, or even lucky charms for warriors." "This book offers readers a collection of rare prints never before published, enriched by succinct, highly informative captions, as well as text introducing the various periods and defining characteristics of the genre."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved