Category Shunga Artwork Analysis

Detailed analysis and commentary of Shunga prints, compositions, gestures, and hidden meanings.

Hokusai’s Octopus and the Ama

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…