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Shunga : sex and pleasure in Japanese art / edited by Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano

Author(s): Gerstle, Andrew C. | Clark, Timothy, 1959-

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Main Title

Shunga : sex and pleasure in Japanese art

Author(s)

Clark, Timothy, 1959-
Gerstle, Andrew C.

Publisher

London : British Museum Press, 2013

Collation

536 pages : color illustrations
30 cm

ISBN

9780714124766

Dewey Class

704.9428

Contents

Director's Foreword / Neil McGregor -- Sponsor's Foreword / Asaki Masakatsu, Uragami Mitsuru -- List of Lenders -- Contributing Authors -- Acknowledgements -- The Cultural Historical Significance and Importance of Japanese Shunga / Kobayashi Tadashi -- Introduction. What Was Shunga? / C. Andrew Gerstle -- Who Were the Audiences for Shunga? / Hayakawa Monta ; Cats 1-9 --
1. Early Shunga before 1765. Shunga Paintings before the `Floating World' / Akiko Yano ; Cats 10-19 -- Chinese Chunhua and Japanese Shunga / Ishigami Aki ; Cats 20-22 -- Shunga and the Rise of Print Culture / Asano Shugo ; Cats 23-37 --
2. Masterpieces of Shunga 1765-1850. The Essence of Ukiyo-e Shunga / Kobayashi Tadashi -- Erotic Books as Luxury Goods / Ellis Tinios -- Listening to the Voices in Shunga / Hayakawa Monta ; Cats 38-61 -- The Tale of Genji in Shunga / Sato Satoru ; Cats 62-67 --
3. Censorship. Timeline of Censorship -- Shunga and Censorship in the Edo Period (1600-1868) / Jennifer Preston -- Graph of approximate output of shunga print series and books ; Cats 68-78 -- The Censorship of Shunga in the Modern Era / Ishigami Aki -- Shunga Studies in the Showa Era (1926-89) / Shirakura Yoshihiko --
4. Contexts for Shunga. Traditional Uses of Shunga / Yamamoto Yukari -- The Distribution and Circulation of Erotic Prints and Books in the Edo Period Laura Moretti ; Cats 79-86 -- Shunga and Parody / C. Andrew Gerstle ; Cats 87-109 -- Popular Cults of Sex Organs in Japan / Suzuki Kenko ; Cats 110-112 -- Grotesque Shunga / Ishigami Aki -- Violence in Shunga / Higuchi Kazutaka ; Cats 113-116 -- Foreign Connections in Shunga / Timon Screech ; Cats 117-121 -- Children in Shunga / Akiko Yano -- Shunga and the Floating World / Matsuba Ryoko ; Cats 122-147 --
5. Shunga in the Meiji Era. Erotic Art of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) / Rosina Buckland ; Cats 148-157 -- The Modern West's Discovery of Shunga / Ricard Bru ; Cats 158-165 --
Biographies of Shunga Artists and Authors -- Concordance of Shunga Titles of Works Exhibited -- Bibliography -- Photographic Credits -- Index.

Language

English

Subject

Art, Japanese -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Exhibitions
Ukiyoe -- Japan -- Exhibitions
Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions

BRN

10184

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