On September 19, the Eisei Bunko Museum in Tokyo bravely unveiled an exhibition of traditional Japanese erotic art called shunga. Despite the historical nature of the pieces, the art show doesn’t come ...

Celebrating sexual scenarios that appear both erotic and humorous is Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japenese Art, a new exhibit at The British Musuem in London. Shunga — which translates literally to ...

Japanese erotic prints known as "shunga" -- literally, "spring pictures" -- are described by Tokyo Shimbun (May 1) as "one type of 'ukiyo-e' (floating world picture) that was popular during the Edo ...

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from ...

11 x 14.5 in. (27.9 x 36.8 cm.) A wonderful example of the Japanese art form known as shunga, this erotic drawing depicts a man and woman engaged in sensuous touching. Hand painted on paper with ...

Japan’s first major shunga (literally, “spring pictures“) exhibition of erotic paintings and woodblock prints, is surprisingly hard work. As a venue for a ground-breaking assembly of images, which ...

La Maison de la culture du Japon, à Paris, met à l'honneur les estampes et peintures érotiques japonaises de l'époque Edo (1603-1868) dans une exposition, du 12 novembre 2026 au 13 février 2027. Pour ...

One of the museums that turned down the shunga exhibit was the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno. Nobuyuki Matsumoto, a curator responsible for planning projects, explained, "As a public museum we exhibit ...