Shunga
Subtitle: ten questions and answers
By: Hayakawa Monta ; translated by C. Andrew Gerstle
Contributors: Gerstle, C. Andrew, 1951-
Edition: 1st English ed.
Series: Nichibunken monograph series -- no. 14; Nichibunken monograph series -- no. 14.
Publisher: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Kyoto, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9784901558631
Subjects: Japanese Erotic prints
Work titles: Shunga no mikata
Notes: Based on a revised text of the Japanese book originally published as Shunga no mikata : jū no pointo.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. History of shunga; title: II. Terms to describe shunga; title: III. Ukiyo-e shunga protagonists were the common people; title: IV. How reading the text enhances our enjoyment; title: V. Sex as "laughter"; title: VI. Faces and genitalia in proportion; title: VII. Shunga depicts and was for everyone; title: old, young, men, women, wealthy, and poor; title: VIII. Lively women; title: IX. Precocious children; title: X. Parodies of the classics; title: Conclusion.