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Shunga
Spring pictures

Japanese:
Single pictures
Handscrolls
Books

Chinese:
Single pictures
Handscrolls

Shunga - "Spring Pictures"

New:
Single pictures and a Shunga leporello-album from Japan

We show you a selection of erotic pictures from the 18th, 19th and early 20th century made in Japan and China.

"Shunga" is the traditional Japanese term for erotic paintings and prints. They are also called makura-e, "pillow pictures" (presumably the original term) or higa, "secret pictures".

In our small collection you will find single sheet pictures, handscrolls and albums.
All offered erotic pictures are guaranteed to be the original paintings or prints, published at or about (c) the date given.

All prices are given in EURO (€). Errors excepted.

Books about spring pictures - shunga:

Tom and Mary Anne Evans, Shunga. The Art of Love in Japan. Paddington Press, (N.Y.) 1975

Marco Fagioli, Shunga. Ars amandi in Japan. Wasmuth, Tübingen/Berlin, 1998

Hélène Bayou et al., Images du Monde flottant. Peintures et estampes japonaises XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Edition de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2004

 

           

 


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