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Japanese Erotic Art The Hidden World of Shunga Ofer Shagan Foreword by Andrew Gerstle Ofer Shagan is an art collector who has lived for many years in Japan. Works from his remarkable shunga collection of over 7,000 items have been exhibited at several museums, and he has published widely on the subject. Andrew Gerstle is Professor of Japanese Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Over 1,000 colour illustrations 27.5 x 22.0cm 472pp Special binding with hand stitching ISBN 978 0 500 291177 October
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The ultimate book on shunga – comprehensive, beautifully produced and visually spectacular Japanese erotic art or shunga has a long history, with thousands of highquality paintings, prints, handscrolls and illustrated books produced mostly from the late 17th to the 19th centuries. Frequently explicit, but also tender, sensuous and humorous, even educational, shunga – a euphemism meaning ‘picture of spring’ – celebrates all facets of human sexuality. In a dazzling diversity of images drawn from his own unrivalled collection, Ofer Shagan shows us the full spectrum of sexual practice and expression, including nudity and clothing, voyeurism, gods, monsters and animals, orgasm, adultery and jealousy, and much else. For a long time shunga has remained taboo, excluded from scholarship, but this ambitious book returns these wonderful artworks to their rightful place in the history of Japanese art, culture and society. With over 1,000 illustrations, all specially photographed and many rarely or never published previously, this beautifully produced book explores the intimate riches of shunga in a way no other publication has done before. Art 9