Miyagawa Chōshun - scenes from ‘A Rare and Important Nanshoku Shunga Handscroll.’ These illustrations were called nanshoku or “male colors” a term used to describe the man-on-man action which depicted (usually) idealized pin-ups from the worlds of ancient myth, the military, religion, theater, class, and last but not least, prostitution. While most shunga is heterosexually oriented, there is a wealth of gay shunga featuring samurais and old Buddhist masters indulging in sex with young males-often dressed as geishas. However, as of 2000, sexual orientation is not protected by national civil rights laws which means the LGBT community do not have any recourse to legal protection against discriminations-so much for progress… I guess it’s a mixed bag there. In fact, gay sex was AOK in Japan up until 1872 when sodomy was briefly outlawed. Indeed, homosexuality and lesbianism have a long history in Japan going way back to ancient times-long before people started documenting such pleasures. When it came to sex, the Japanese have always been far more liberated than most other countries. It was also considered very lucky or at least a bringer of good fortune to those who carried a shunga scroll on their person.
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This meant a lot of horny blokes looking for good wank material.Īpparently, the word shunga means “ pictures of spring”-spring being a euphemism for erotica probably as in the English equivalent “the joys of spring.” (If you can’t figure that out, I’m not going to explain it for you.) Though shunga was predominantly used by men, it was very popular with the ladies, too. But what’s more staggering is that seventy percent (70%) of the city’s population were male. This made Edo the largest city on the planet. To get an idea of what we’re talking about, the city of Edo-the former name for Tokyo-had a population of one million by 1721. This rise in popularity stemmed largely from the dominant male population which had massively increased as a result of the high number of samurai/retainers required to guard provincial lords and their estates and maintain law and order, and through the surge in agricultural laborers required to produce the food to feed this large population.
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Shunga’s popularity really started during the Edo Period 1603-1868 when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. Not all Japanese art is cherry blossoms, surging waves, and exotic birds, there is a whole world of shunga or erotica filed away among Japan’s beautiful canvases, silks, and scrolls kept by museums and in private collections. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Miyagawa Chōshun (1683-1753) - scenes from ‘A Rare and Important Nanshoku Shunga Handscroll.’ Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers
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