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Shunga

Shunga (春画) is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in woodblock print format. While rare, there are also extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate ukiyo-e. Translated literally, the Japanese word shunga means picture of spring; "spring" is a common euphemism for sex.

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Shunga

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples88
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
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related to Production · 15
Shunga → Among, Chinese, Experienced, Fisherman's Wife, Hajime Sorayama, Hokusai, Japanese, Kinoe, Komatsu, The, The Dream, These, This, Ukiyo-e, Western
related to Characters · 14
Shunga → By, Courtesans, Dutch, Edo's, For, Hollywood, Japan, Men, Occasionally, Portuguese, Tokugawa, Utamaro, Women, Yoshiwara
related to External links · 12
Shunga → Art Net Users System, ArtUtagawa Kuniyoshi's, Honolulu Museum, Japanese Architecture, Japanese Erotic Art, Japanese Shunga, Japanese Shunga PrintsAndrophile Homoerotic, Other WorksAntique Shunga Woodblock, Prints, Secret ImagesThe Tradition, Shunga ExhibitionErotica, Shunga Prints
related to history · 11
Shunga → At, Besides, Chinese, He, Heian, Japanese, Muromachi, Tang-dynasty Chinese, The Japanese, Through, Zhou Fang
related to Further reading · 9
Shunga → Abrams Press, British Museum Press, Erotic Art, ISBN, Japan, Japanese, London, Rosina Buckland, Timothy Clark
related to Uses · 9
Shunga → All, From, Genji, It, Records, Superstitions, Tale, The, Though
related to Stories · 8
Shunga → Both, For, Masturbation, The, Tokugawa Japan, Western, While, Woman-on-woman
related to Clothing · 4
Shunga → In, It, This, Tokugawa Japan
related to Content · 2
Shunga → Edo, Some
related to Non-realism · 1
Shunga → Explanations

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ukiyo-e also japanese erotic many art sexual artists prints often sex samurai courtesans edo production produced since western japan picture

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Sanogawa Ichimatsu Iinstance ofVery famous actors0.80text
after whom a pattern in Japanese female clothing was namedinstance ofVery famous actors0.80text
retained similar star power in the century that followedinstance ofVery famous actors0.80text
Shungarelated to CharactersBy0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersOccasionally0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersDutch0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersPortuguese0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersCourtesans0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersUtamaro0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersTokugawa0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersEdo's0.60section
Shungarelated to CharactersYoshiwara0.60section

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