Category Shunga Artwork Analysis

Why Edo Japan Turned Human Desire Into a Laughing Monster This article examines one of Hokusai’s strangest erotic books. For the wider biography and artistic evolution of the artist, see Katsushika Hokusai. A Strange Book From the Floating World A…

Eight Arms, Endless Fantasies This article focuses on one image from Hokusai’s erotic world. For a broader view of the artist’s life, style, and place in ukiyo-e history, see Katsushika Hokusai. An Image Everybody Knows, and Almost Nobody Reads Correctly…