Tonde Shunga Yokai, Ghosts, And Beasts (Dragonfly Book)

Categories：Art

• Tag：
• #Japanese Art
• #Edo Period
• #Shunga

Japan has always been amazing!
A collection of fantastic erotic stories depicting interactions with "things that are not human''.

Scary, suspicious, ridiculous. From Kunisada and Kuniyoshi's genital-headed monster shunga, to the chilling scenes of copulation with female ghosts, to Hokusai's masterpiece "The Octopus and the Ama.'' An up-and-coming researcher will decipher a total of over 130 works depicting interactions with non-human beings, which can be called the pinnacle of Edo imagination. Includes many works shown for the first time in Japan. You'll be able to see surprising shunga that you didn't know about and it will make your heart burn.


*Table of Contents
Introduction

Why did the unusual shunga come into existence?
Answer: Aki Ishigami [Assistant Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies]

The whole story of

Explanation: Kenhiro Suzuki [part-time lecturer at Kyoto Seika University]
1 Yokai/2 Ghosts/Dead/3 Gods and Buddhas/4 Demons/Hell/5 Animals/Bonus Unconventional

Decoding


Text: Kenhiro Suzuki
??Yokai shunga and Edo culture
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Genital images in common people's beliefs
?? Solving the mystery of Hokusai's "Octopus and Ama"

Katahiro Suzuki (Author)

Publisher: Shinchosha (2017/5/13)
Release date: 2017/5/13
Language: Japanese
Hardcover: 127 pages
ISBN-10: 4106022753
ISBN-13: 978-4106022753
Dimensions: 16.8 x 0.9 x 21.6cm

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9784106022753

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