Japanese Erotic Prints: Shunga by Harunobu and Koryûsai - Softcover

Klompmakers, Inge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9074822371 ISBN 13: 9789074822374

Publisher: Hotei Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

This title presents a ravishing selection of shunga by the first full-colour woodblock-print masters: Harunobu and Koryūsai. The prints used for this book are of a remarkable quality, their radiant colours perfectly preserved by the albums in which they were kept. The first volume in a series on erotic prints by famous Japanese woodblock-print artists, this book contains a detailed general introduction to the genre of shunga. In addition to a description of the historical and cultural settings of the prints, it focuses in particular on the locations and interiors where the erotic action takes place.

About this title

About the Author:

Inge Klompmakers is currently acquisitions editor for Hotei Publishing. She has worked for a number of years in Japanese art galleries and is the author of Of Brigands and Bravery. Kuniyoshi's Heroes of the Suikoden (1998). Klompmakers also contributed to Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints (2003) and The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblockprints (2005).

Review:

'beautifully produced book' de Volkskrant 'a beautiful and exciting collection of Japanese erotic prints' Playboy Magazine, The Netherlands

About this edition

• Publisher: Hotei Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9074822371
• ISBN 13: 9789074822374
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160