Hokusai. Shunga

Known as shunga or "spring pictures", the erotica of Katsushika Hokusai, Japan's most celebrated artist, combined brash sensuality with playful humor to show carnality in the most varied constellations. This edition presents his contribution to a genre that evaded government censorship to thrive in the vivid urban culture of Japan's Edo Period.

About the author

Andreas Marks studierte ostasiatische Kunstgeschichte an der Universität Bonn und wurde an der Universität Leiden mit einer Dissertation in Japanologie zu Schauspielerdrucken des 19. Jahrhunderts promoviert. Von 2008 bis 2013 war Marks Direktor und Chefkurator des Clark Center for Japanese Art im kalifornischen Hanford. Seit 2013 ist er Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese and Korean Art sowie Direktor des Clark Center for Japanese Art am Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Summary

Known as shunga or “spring pictures”, the erotica of Katsushika Hokusai, Japan’s most celebrated artist, combined brash sensuality with playful humor to show carnality in the most varied constellations. This edition presents his contribution to a genre that evaded government censorship to thrive in the vivid urban culture of Japan’s Edo Period.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Marks
• Publisher: Taschen Verlag
• Languages: English, German, French
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.07.2025
• EAN: 9783836596282
• ISBN: 978-3-8365-9628-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Weight: 2281 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Kunstgeschichte, Japan, Erotische Kunst, Ukiyo-e, Edo-Zeit, Japanischer Farbholzschnitt, Erotic art, edo period, Japan: Edo-Periode (ca. 1600 bis 1867), Japanese woodblock prints, traditionelle japanische Kunst, traditional Japanese art