Japanese erotic fantasies : sexual imagery of the Edo period
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Japanese erotic fantasies : sexual imagery of the Edo period
Hotei Pub., c2005
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
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  United States of America
Note
"This publication coincides with the exhibition 'Desire of spring. Erotic fantasies in Edo Japan' from 22 Jan. to 17 Apr. 2005 in the Kunsthal Rotterdam" -- p. 256
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- Preface by Chris Uhlenbeck
- Acknowledgements by Chris Uhlenbeck & Margarita Winkel
- Editorial Notes
- Shunga: the Issues by Chris Uhlenbeck
- The Setting for shunga: the Yoshiwara by Cecilia Segawa Seigle
- Erotic Books in the Floating World of Urban Life by Margarita Winkel
- The Catalogue ('The Primitives'
- The Age of Harunobu, Kiyonaga and Utamaro
- The Nineteenth Century
- The Meiji Period and Beyond)
- Appendix: Japanese characters for book, print and series titles
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Artists' Index.
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