A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated study of traditional Japanese erotic art.
Poem of the Pillow and Other Stories examines the artistic developments of Japanese erotic art from the ukiyo-e period, dating from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Known by the delicate euphemism of Shunga or ‘spring images’, these pictures were hugely popular and admired, and are today highly collectable works of art.
This book illustrates major Shunga works from important ukiyo-e masters such as Utamaro, Hokusai, Harunobu, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi and many others. World-renowned scholar Gian Carlo Calza defines these fascinating erotic works in their social, historical and artistic context, providing a broad overview of a subject that is extremely nuanced and intriguing. Beautifully illustrated with over 300 images, including woodblock prints, scrolls and paintings, this book is a perfect introduction to ukiyo-e erotic art.
- ISBN10 0714871575
- ISBN13 9780714871578
- Publish Date 23 May 2016 (first published 1 June 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 February 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 464
- Language English