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The Hidden History of Wakashu, Edo-Era Japan’s “Third Gender”

by Claire Voon April 25, 2017April 26, 2017

An eye-opening exhibition at Japan Society closely examines representations of wakashu in woodblock prints from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum.

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Rare Shunga Scroll of Gay Erotic Scenes Goes to Auction

by Claire Voon March 9, 2016March 31, 2016

Shunga, the Japanese term for erotic art, was highly popular during the Edo Period, with artists still creating to fill demand even after the government banned the explicit illustrations in 1722.

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Ancient Erotic Dreams and Explicit Scenes in the New York Public Library Collection

by Claire Voon February 12, 2016February 29, 2016

Eroticism has always had a rich presence throughout art history.

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Intricate, Beautiful, Raunchy: Japan Embraces Its Ancient Erotic Print Tradition

by Claire Voon October 22, 2015October 22, 2015

Known as shunga (“spring pictures”), these highly erotic sexual scenes comprise a genre of their own, and an exhibition devoted entirely to them has opened for the first time in their country of origin.

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