Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art

Clark, Gerstle, Ishigami & Yano - HARDBACK FIRST EDITION - EXPLICIT PICTURES

ISBN 10: 0714124761 / ISBN 13: 9780714124766

Edité par British Museum London, 2013

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EXTRA HEAVY BOOK! THIS WILL NEED EXTRA POSTAGE DEPENDING ON DESTINATION. This extraordinary exhibition was accompanied by an extraordinary catalogue. It is - given the subject - EXPLICIT. People of a prudish nature will not want this on their shelves. It is a book that allows the viewer to discover Japanese art like no other. Originally created by the artists of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, these popular spring pictures (shunga) transcended class and gender in Japan for almost 300 years. These tender, humorous and brightly coloured pieces celebrate sexual pleasure in all its forms, culminating in the beautiful, yet graphic, work of iconic artists Utamaro, Hokusai and Kunisada. This catalogue of a major international exhibition aims to answer some key questions about what shunga is and why was it produced. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards as part of a process of cultural modernisation that imported many contemporary western moral values. Only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan and this ground-breaking publication presents this fascinating art in its historical and cultural context for the first time. Within Japan, shunga has continued to influence modern forms of art, including manga, anime and Japanese tattoo art.Drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 images of works from major public and private collections, this landmark book sheds new light on this unique art form within Japanese social and cultural history. HARDBACK - NEW & UNREAD - AND VERY HEAVY INDEED. FIRST EDITION Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-11299227001

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Titre : Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art

Éditeur : British Museum London

Date d'édition : 2013

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Edition : 1st Edition.

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Synopsis :

Très bon état. A peine vu.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

In early modern Japan, thousands of sexually explicit paintings, prints, and illustrated books with texts were produced, euphemistically called spring pictures ( shunga). Frequently tender, funny and beautiful, shunga were mostly done within the popular school known as pictures of the floating world ( ukiyo-e), by celebrated artists such as Utamaro and Hokusai.

Shunga is in some ways a unique phenomenon in pre-modern world culture, in terms of the quantity, the quality and the nature of the art that was produced. This catalogue of a major international exhibition aims to answer some key questions about what shunga is and why it was produced. In particular, the social and cultural contexts for sex art in Japan are explored.

Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards as part of a process of cultural modernisation that imported many contemporary western moral values. Only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan. Drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 works from major public and private collections, this landmark book places erotic Japanese art in its historical and cultural context for the first time.

Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art is published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum from 3 October 2013 to 5 January 2014.