Kissing lovers on a futon under a blanket

Kissing lovers on a futon under a blanket.

Date: Edo period, ca. 1820-30

Glossary

Glossary of terms used in Ukiyo-e

Awabi-tori	Abalone Divers (Ama)
Bijin-ga	Pictures of beautiful women
Dandies	Men unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable
Edo	Edo is the old name for Tokyo
Edo Period	The Edo period (江戸時代 Edo jidai) 1603-1868 when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. Also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa jidai)
E-hon	Picture book
Gafu	Album
Green Houses	Another word for Japanese Brothels
Hanga	A print or printed picture
Kabuki	Theatre actors known for wearing elaborate make-up
Kacho-ga	paintings of flowers and birds
Kento	Woodblock registration mark
Oiran	High ranking courtesan
Parody	An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Samurai	“one who serves” Elite Military
Shamisen	Long necked instrument with 3 strings
Shogun	Military dictators of Japan from 1185-1868
Shunga	Spring pictures
Tokugawa	Family of hereditary shogun from Edo period
Ukiyo(-e)	Floating World (pictures)
Waka	Japanese poetry
Yoshiwara	Licensed brothel quarter (yakuku) in Edo
Wakashū	Beautiful youth
Print Sizes
Chuban	A medium print 10x7 (26cmx19cm)
Hashira-e	"pillar print", about 28 by 4.5 inches (73 by 13 cm)
Hosoban	a narrow print size about 13 by 5 inches (33 by 14.5 cm)
Mameban	a print size about 4.75 by 3.2 inches (12 by 8 cm), sometimes called a "toy print"
Ōban	a large print size about 15½ by 10½ inches (39 by 26.5 cm)
Shikishiban	a print size about 8 by 7 inches (21 by 18 cm) often used for surimono

Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art - Timothy Clark

November 18, 2013

1hr 6mins of Shunga discussion.

Honolulu Museum of Art- Shunga Podcasts 1-5

Podcast 1: Greeting by Stephan Jost, Director

Podcast 2: "Nishikawa Sukenobu" Narrated by Sati Benes Chock

Podcast 3: "Concepts of Gender" Narrated by Kristin Remington

Podcast 4: "The Yoshiwara" Narrated by Dietra Cordea

  
Podcast 5: "The Sugimura Jihei" Narrated by Stephen Salel

The MAK Museum Vienna - Exhibition 2017

SHUNGA

Erotic Art from Japan

Wed, 12.10.2016–Sun, 05.03.2017

MAK DESIGN LAB

The erotic colour woodblock prints shown in the MAK exhibition are loans from the Leopold Private Collection, supplemented by prints from the MAK collection and a further Viennese private collection.

Guest curator: Diethard Leopold
Curator: Johannes Wieninger, Curator, MAK Permanent Collection Asia
Scientific consultant: Sepp Linhart

The exhibition contains explicit erotic depictions that might be offensive to the moral sensibility of persons under 16 years of age.

Welcome

こんにちは Kon'nichiwa  (Hello)

Who am I?

My name is Steve, I am married to Jackie and have a growing family (3 kids Luke, Beca and Beth) and two grandchildren.
I spend weekends with the family and when I do get some spare time I use that time to take wildlife photography and birdwatch (these adventures can be found on A Birding Blog.

What is the blog about?

Japan has always caught my imagination, Koi Carp, Samurai Warriors, Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints along with Chinese wuxia drama films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of the Flying Daggers, Banquet and Red Cliff, Bonsai and Japanese Gardens.


I will publish reviews on the books I read and images of the art I like, and anythng else that takes my fancy.

Regards
Steve