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.
- ISBN10 9074822665
- ISBN13 9789074822664
- Publish Date 1 January 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Publisher Brill
- Imprint Hotei Publishing,The Netherlands
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 248
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id26480