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 ...

Director Junko Hirata delves deep into the history and influence of the pornographic art form without cheap tittering at its illicit imagery. Shunga is one of the most pleasantly surprising nonfiction ...

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Although the artists were all men, women are almost invariably not only portrayed sympathetically, but as though they are definitely enjoying themselves; they are neither passive nor victims, and the ...

If you think pornhub is hardcore, you’re in for a shock. When I arrived at the Lacy Nook in Stoke Newington earlier this week, with the expectation of learning about Japanese erotic art at a supper ...

A woman is pleasured by an octopus, its tentacles teasing their way into her every orifice. A kitten paws eagerly at a man's testicles while he is locked in an embrace with his lover. Two women dally ...

The British Museum's new exhibition on Japanese erotica is a mixture of artistic sensibility and imagery that leaves nothing to the imagination, writes Mark Hudson. Lovers in the upstairs room of a ...