Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the EDO Period

by Chris Uhlenbeck

This is the first modern study on Japanese erotic print art (so called shunga), illustrating a large selection of the best works mainly from private collections in Europe and the USA. The publication shows highlights from the oeuvre of Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and many others. It outlines the artistic developments from the early period to the end of the 19th century when Western...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9074822665
• ISBN13: 9789074822664
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.5" x 12.0"