This title presents a ravishing selection of shunga by the first full-colour woodblock-print masters: Harunobu and Koryūsai. The prints used for this book are of a remarkable quality, their radiant colours perfectly preserved by the albums in which they were kept. The first volume in a 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.
- ISBN10 9074822371
- ISBN13 9789074822374
- Publish Date 1 June 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Publisher Brill
- Imprint Hotei Publishing,The Netherlands
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English
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