Description:
Wonderfully illustrated catalogue (2004)
English. Hardcover 248pp. Size: 10 1/4 x 12 1/4
inches.
Excellent condition. Title: 'Japanese Erotic Fantasies' by G. Winkel and
C. Uhlenbeck.
With 277 full colour illustrations of
the prints shown at the largest shunga exhibition
ever held in the world called "Lentelust" in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands! There's an excellent
historical overview (17th C. to Meiji period and
beyond) of the genre with treatments on all the
major Ukiyo-e masters such as Settei, Moronobu,
Harunobu, Koryusai, Hokusai, Utamaro, Eiri, Shunchô,
Kiyonaga, Shigenobu, Eisen, Eizan, Kunisada,
Kyosai...etc.
There's all so a lot of attention to
the social, historical and artistic context,
the various impressions, techniques of
composition, formats, toy-prints, voyeurism,
homosexuality and the humour in the designs! In
our opinion this book is the most beautifully
illustrated and best reference in the shunga genre
surpassing the somewhat dated ' Shunga,
the Art of Love in Japan' by Tom and Mary Evans!