KYOSAI SHUNGA

Erotic art known as shunga, which emerged during the Edo period as part the ukiyo-e movement in Japan, was produced by almost all ukiyo-e artists at some point in their careers. Kawanabe Kyosai, who was active in the second half of the 19th century, mastered a v ast range of subject matter and styles, and also produced an extensive corpus of explicit shunga. The depiction of sex, the most b asic of human activities, was naturally an opportunity for him to give free rein to his extraordinary wit and imaginative humour. Th is book offer...[Read more]