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Shunga (春画, Shunga^?) is a Japanese term for erotic pictures. Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... For images in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Images. ...

Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. While rare, there are extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate the Ukiyo-e movement.^[1] Translated literally, the Japanese word shunga means picture of spring; "spring" is a common euphemism for sex. View of Mount Fuji from Numazu, part of the Fifty-three Stations of the TÅkaidÅ series by Hiroshige, published 1850 Ukiyo-e ), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of... A woodcut is a method of printing in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with chisels. ...

The ukiyo-e movement as a whole sought to express an idealisation of contemporary urban life. Following the aesthetics of everyday life, Edo period shunga sought to express the sexual mores of the chonin in the widest variety of forms possible, and therefore depicted heterosexual and homosexual, old and young alike, as well as a wide range of fetishes. In the Edo period it was enjoyed by rich and poor, men and women, and despite being out of favour with the shogunate, carried very little stigma. Almost all ukiyo-e artists made shunga at some point in their careers, and it didn't affect their prestige as artists.^[1] Classifying shunga as a kind of medieval pornography can be misleading in this respect.^[2] Katsushika Hokusai, The Adonis Plant (Fukujusô) Woodblock, set of 12, ôban ca. ... Katsushika Hokusai, The Adonis Plant (Fukujusô) Woodblock, set of 12, ôban ca. ... The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai. ... A woodcut is a method of printing in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with chisels. ... The Edo period ), also called Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. ... ChÅnin (ç”ºäºº townsman) was a social class that emerged in Japan during the early years of the Tokugawa period. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... This article concerns the concept of fetishism in anthropology. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Porn redirects here. ...

History

Shunga has its origins in China. It is thought that shunga were initially inspired by illustrations in Chinese medical manuals, a process which had its origins in the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573). Zhou Fang, the great T'ang Dynasty Chinese erotic painter, is thought to also have been influential. He, like many erotic artists of his time and place, tended to exaggerate the size of the genital organs, a common shunga topos. While the literal meaning of the word, 'shunga,' is significant, it is in fact a contraction of, 'shunkyu-higa,' the Japanese name for Chinese sets of twelve scrolls depicting the twelve sexual acts that the crown prince had to carry out as an expression of yin-yang.^[1] History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Muromachi period (室町時代, also known as Muromachi era... Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. ... Year 1573 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Zhou Fang (c740-c800, Chinese characters å‘¨æ˜‰, Wade-Giles Chou Fang) was one of two influential painters during the mid-Tang dynasty. ... For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ... A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. ...

In Japan, Shunga goes back to the Heian period. At this point it was the reserve of the courtier class. Through the medium of narrative handscrolls, sexual scandals from the imperial court or the monasteries were depicted, and the characters tended to be limited to courtiers and monks.^[1] The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Heian Period. ... A courtier is a person who attends upon, and thus receives a privileged position from, a powerful person, usually a head of state. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ...

The style reached its apex in the Edo period (1603 to 1867). Thanks to woodblock printing techniques, the quantity and quality increased dramatically.^[1] There were repeated governmental attempts to suppress shunga, the first of which was an edict issued by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1661 banning, among other things, erotic books known as kōshokubon (好色本^?). While other genres covered by the edict, such as works criticising daimyo or samurai, were driven underground by this edict, Shunga continued to be produced with little difficulty. The 1722 edict was much more strict, banning the production of all new books unless the city commissioner gave permission, and after this edict Shunga went underground. However, since for several decades following this edict publisher's guilds saw fit to send their members repeated reminders not to sell erotica, it seems probable that production and sale continued to flourish.^[3] The Edo period ), also called Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. ... Year 1603 (MDCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Yuan Dynasty woodblock edition of a Chinese play For the use of the technique in art, see Woodcut on the technique, and Old master print for the history in Europe and woodblock printing in Japan. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (å¾³å·å¹•åºœ) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ... For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). ...

The art of shunga provided an inspiration for the Showa and Heisei, or modern, period art known in the Western world as hentai, and known (formally) in Japan as 'jū hachi kin' (literally, "18-restricted", or adult-only) anime and manga. Like shunga, hentai is sexually explicit in its imagery. The ShÅwa period (Japanese: æ˜å’Œæ™‚ä»£, ShÅwa-jidai, period of enlightened peace) was the time in Japanese history when Emperor Hirohito reigned over the country, from December 25, 1926 to January 7, 1989. ... Heisei (Japanese: å¹³æˆ) is the current era name in Japan. ... Hentai tankÅbon on display in Japan Hentai ) is a Japanese word that can be used to mean metamorphosis or abnormality. In Japan hentai has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean sexually perverted. In the West the term is used as slang for sexually explicit or... AnimÃ© redirects here. ... This article is about the comics created in Japan. ...

Shunga finally succumbed to the introduction of erotic photographs at the beginning of the Meiji era (1868—1912). The Meiji period ), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Production

Shunga were produced between the sixteenth century and the nineteenth century by ukiyo-e artists, since they sold more easily and at a higher price than their ordinary work. Shunga prints were produced and sold either as single sheets or - more frequently - in book form, called enpon. These customarily contained twelve images, a tradition with its roots in Chinese shunkyu higa. Shunga was also produced in hand scroll format, called kakemono-e (掛け物絵). This format was also popular, though more expensive as the scrolls had to be individually painted. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A kakemono is a Japanese scroll painting, an ink-and-brush painting that hangs in a recess in a traditional Japanese house. ...

The quality of shunga art varies, and few ukiyo-e painters remained aloof from the genre. Experienced artists found it to their advantage to concentrate on their production. This led to the appearance of shunga by first rate artists. Ukiyo-e artists owed a stable livelihood to such customs, and it appears that producing a piece of shunga for a high-ranking client brought them enough money to live on for about six months.

Full-colour printing, or nishiki-e, wasn't invented until 1765, and a lot of shunga predates this. Prior to this, colour could be added to monochrome prints by hand, and from 1744 beni-zuri-e allowed the production of prints of limited colours. Even after 1765 a lot of shunga was produced using older methods. In some cases this was to keep the cost low, but in many cases this was a matter of taste. Nishiki-e (éŒ¦çµµ, a brocade picture) refers to multi-colored woodblock printing, especially of ukiyo-e. ...

Shunga produced in Edo tended to be more richly coloured than that produced in Kyoto and Osaka, mainly owing to a difference in aesthetic taste between these regions - Edo has a taste for novelty and luxury, while the kamigata region preferred a more muted, understated style. This also translates into a greater amount of background detail in Edo Shunga.^[1] Edo (Japanese: , literally: bay-door, estuary, pronounced //), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ... For other uses, see Kyoto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Osaka (disambiguation). ... Kamigata (ä¸Šæ–¹) is a region of Japan referring to the cities of Kyoto and Osaka; the term is used particularly when discussing elements of Edo period urban culture such as ukiyo-e and kabuki, and when making a comparison to the urban culture of the Edo/Tokyo region. ... Edo (Japanese: , literally: bay-door, estuary, pronounced //), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. ...

After 1722 most artists refrained from signing shunga works. However, between 1761 and 1786 the implementation of printing regulations became more relaxed, and many artists took to concealing their name as a feature of the picture (such as calligraphy on a fan held by a courtesan) or allusions in the work itself (such as Utamaro's enpon entitled, 'Utamakura.')^[1]

Content

Edo period shunga sought to express a varied world of contemporary sexual possibilities. Many writers on the subject refer to this as the creation of a 'pornotopia,' a world parallel to contemporary urban life, but idealised, eroticised and fantastical.^[1]^[2]

Characters

Possibly the most common character of shunga was the courtesan. Utamaro was particularly revered for his depictions of courtesans, which offered an unmatched level of sensitivity and psychological nuance. Tokugawa courtesans could be described as the celebrities of their day, and Edo's pleasure district, Yoshiwara, is often compared to Hollywood.^[4] Men saw them as highly eroticised due to their profession, but at the same time unattainable, since only the wealthiest, most cultured men would have any chance of sexual relations with one. Women saw them as distant, glamorous idols, and the fashions for the whole of Japan were inspired by the fashions of the courtesan. For these reasons the fetish of the courtesan appealed to many.^[2] A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ... Kitagawa Utamaro, Flowers of Edo: Young Womans Narrative Chanting to the Shamisen, ca. ... Prostitutes on display in Yoshiwara during the Edo Period This movie set in Kyoto recreates the appearance of a red-light district such as Yoshiwara. ...

Works depicting courtesans have since been criticised for painting an idealised picture of life in the pleasure quarters. It has been argued that they masked the situation of virtual slavery that sex workers lived under.^[5] However, Utamaro is just one example of an artist who was sensitive to the inner life of the courtesan, for example, showing them wistfully dreaming of escape from Yoshiwara through marriage.^[4]

Similarly, kabuki actors are often depicted, many of whom worked as male gigolos. These carried the same fetish of the sex worker, with the added quality of them often being quite young. They are often shown with samurai. Aside from this were the ordinary chonin, and occasionally Dutch or Portuguese foreigners.^[1] The oldest Kabuki theatre in Japan: the Minamiza in Kyoto The Kabukiza in Ginza is one of Tokyos leading kabuki theaters. ...

Stories

Unlike the painted handscrolls, enpon did not portray a running storyline. However, more often than not, shunga images portray an interesting situation. A whole variety of possibilities are shown - men seduce women, women seduce men; men and women cheat on each other; all ages from virginal teenagers to old married couples; even octopuses were occasionally featured.^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Spring Pastimes Miyagawa Isshô, ca. ... Spring Pastimes Miyagawa Isshô, ca. ... Homosexuality, or same-gender romantic love or sexual desire, has been recorded from ancient times in Japan; indeed, love between men was viewed as the purest form of love. ... Miyagawa Issho painting. ...

While most shunga was heterosexual many depicted male-on-male trysts. Woman-on-woman was a rare feature but there are extant works depicting this. Masturbation was also depicted. The perception of sexuality differed, of course, in Tokugawa Japan from that in the modern Western world, and people were less likely to associate with one particular sexual preference. For this reason the many sexual pairings depicted were a matter of providing as much variety as possible.^[1] Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... Woman masturbating, 1913 drawing by Gustav Klimt. ... Look up West in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The backstory to Shunga prints can be found in accompanying text or dialogue in the picture itself, and in props in the background. Symbolism also featured widely, such as the use of plum blossoms to represent virginity or tissues to symbolise impending ejaculation. Species See text. ... Alternate meanings: See Blossom (disambiguation) Cherry blossom Blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees (Genus Prunus) and of some other small plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for a short period of time. ... Ejaculation is the ejecting of semen from the penis, and is usually accompanied by orgasm. ...

Clothing

In almost all shunga the characters are fully clothed. This is primarily because nudity was not inherently erotic in Tokugawa Japan - people were used to seeing the opposite sex naked in communal baths. It also served an artistic purpose; it helped the reader identify courtesans and foreigners, the prints often contained symbolic meaning, and it drew attention to the parts of the body that were revealed, ie, the genitalia.^[6]

Lack of realism

Shunga couples are often shown in unrealistic positions with exaggerated genitalia. Explanations for this include increased visibility of the sexually explicit content, artistic interest and psychological impact: that is, the genitalia is interpreted as a 'second face,' expressing the primal passions that the everyday face is obligated by giri to conceal, and is therefore the same size as the head and placed unnaturally close to it by the awkward position.^[1] Giri (ç¾©ç†) is a Japanese value roughly corresponding to duty, obligation, or even burden of obligation in English, but one with a far more pervasive influence on the Japanese world view and culture than its English equivalent. ...

Audience

Shunga was probably enjoyed by both men and women of all classes. Superstitions and customs surrounding shunga suggest as much; in the same way that it was considered a lucky charm against death for a samurai to carry shunga, it was considered a protection against fire in merchant warehouses and the home. From this we can deduce that samurai, chonin, and housewives all owned shunga. All three of these groups would suffer separation from the opposite sex; the samurai lived in barracks for months at a time, and conjugal separation resulted from the sankin kotai system and the merchants' need to travel to obtain and sell goods. It is therefore argued that this superstition was euphemistic in nature, and ownership of shunga was not superstitious, but libidinous in nature.^[2] A merchant making up the account by Shiatsus Hokusai Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... Sankin kōtai (参勤交代) was a policy of the shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history. ...

It was traditional to buy newly married couples shunga. This and records of women obtaining it themselves from booklenders tells us that women were avid consumers of it.^[1] Shunga may have served as sexual guidance for the sons and daughters of wealthy families. This has been disputed since the instructional nature of shunga is limited by the impossible positions and lack of description of technique, and there were sexual manuals in circulation that offered clearer guidance, including advice on hygiene.^[2]

Shunga varied greatly in quality and price. Some of it was highly elaborate, commissioned by wealthy merchants and daimyo. Some of it was limited in colour, widely circulated, and cost little more than a bowl of noodles.^[1] Enpon were available through the lending libraries, or kashi-honya, that travelled in rural areas. This tells us that shunga reached all classes of society - peasant, chonin, samurai and daimyo.

Noted Shunga artists

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Genre Classification

Some dispute exists among scholars regarding how to classify shunga - while its sexually explicit nature leads one to consider it pornography, there are serious problems with this assumption. Specifically, it is difficult to separate shunga from ukiyo-e as a whole. It was produced by the same artists as what might be considered non-sexual ukiyo-e. Bijin-ga, which didn't contain sexually explicit images, were equally erotic, and there are many records of people masturbating over them, implying that if shunga is pornographic, so must this be.^[2] Porn redirects here. ... Before the Mirror by Shinsui Ito is an example of bijin-ga in the shin hanga style. ... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ...

See also

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Yasuharu Hasebe (é•·è°·éƒ¨å®‰æ˜¥ - Hasebe Yasuharu) (b. ... Toshiharu Ikeda ) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. ... Takashi Ishii (born 1946 in Sendai) is a Japanese film director and scriptwriter. ... Teruo Ishii (çŸ³äº•è¼ç”· - Ishii Teruo) (January 1, 1924 - August 12, 2005) was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the Super Giant series, and for his films in the Ero guro (erotic-grotesque) subgenre of pinku eiga such as The Joys of Torture (1968). ... Shunya Ito Shunya Ito (ä¼Šè—¤ä¿Šä¹Ÿ ItÅ Shunya) is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori (Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, etc. ... Kazuo Gaira Komizu (å°æ°´ä¸€ç”·; born 1946, Japan) is a respected film director in his homeland, mainly focusing on violent sex & gore films. ... Masaru Konuma (1937-), Japanese film director Masaru Konuma (å°æ²¼å‹ - Konuma Masaru) is a Japanese director most famous for his Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu during the 1970s. ... Kiyoshi Kurosawa (é»’æ²¢ æ¸… Kurosawa Kiyoshi) is a Japanese filmmaker. ... Tatsumi Kumashiro (ç¥žä»£è¾°å·³ - Kumashiro Tatsumi) (April 24, 1927 - February 24, 1995) was a Japanese film director best known known for his critically acclaimed award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo Sayuri: Wet Desire (Ichijo Sayuri: Nureta yokujo) (1972) and The Woman with Red Hair (Akai kami no onna ) (1979). ... Yoshimitsu Morita (1950-present) is a Japanese film director. ... Giichi Nishihara , born in 1929) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor[1] best known known for his low-budget and sensationalistic pink films made for Aoi Eiga studios in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Koyu Ohara, Japanese film director Koyu Ohara (å°åŽŸå®è£• - Ohara Koyu) is a Japanese film director best known known for his popular Roman Porno films, Fairy In A Cage (1977) and the Pink Tush Girl series (1978-1980). ... Kazuhiro Sano , born in 1956) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. ... Hisayasu Sato , born on 15 August 1959 in Shizuoka City, Japan) is a Japanese exploitation film director. ... Toshiki Sato , born in 1961) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his pink films of the 1990s. ... Chusei Sone ) was a Japanese film director known primarily for his stylish and popular Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu, particularly the first two installments of the Angel Guts series. ... Masayuki Suo (å‘¨é˜²æ£è¡Œ SuÅ Masayuki, born 29 October 1956, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director. ... Norifumi Suzuki ) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. ... Tetsuji Takechi (æ¦æ™ºé‰„äºŒ - Takechi Tetsuji) (December 10, 1912 - July 26, 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director. ... Yojiro Takita (滝田洋二郎 Takita Yōjirō, born December 4, 1955 in Toyama, Japan), is a Japanese film director. ... Noboru Tanaka (1937-2006), Japanese film director Noboru Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ç™» - Tanaka Noboru) (August 15, 1937 - October 4, 2006) was a Japanese film director best known known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically-respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe (aka Sada Abe: Docu-Drama... Koji Wakamatsu (1 April 1936, Wakuya-machi, TÃ´da-gun, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese film director. ... Takahisa Zeze , born in 1960) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his pink films of the 1990s. ... Angel Guts ) is a 9-film series of pink films made mostly by the Nikkatsu Corporation between 1978 and 1995. ... Daydream ) is a 1964 Japanese Pink film. ... Daydream ) (1981) is a Japanese film. ... Entrails of a Virgin ) is a 1986 film in the splatter-eros sub-genre of pink film. ... Erotic Diary of An Office Lady ) (1977) is a Japanese pink film in Nikkatsus Roman Porno series starring Asami Ogawa and directed by Masaru Konuma. ... Flower and Snake (èŠ±ã¨è›‡ - Hana to Hebi) (1974) is a Japanese soft-core S/M film starring Naomi Tani, directed by Masaru Konuma and produced by Nikkatsu. ... The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2007) began life as a pink film, the durable Japanese soft-core genre, with the title Horny Home Tutor: Teacherâ€™s Love Juice but it developed into a cult hit and the producers allowed director Meike Mitsuru to expand it into its present form. ... Go, Go, Second Time Virgin ) is a 1969 movie by Koji Wakamatsu. ... In the Realm of the Senses (dvd) In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no KorÄ«da, æ„›ã®ã‚³ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ€, lit. ... School of the Holy Beast aka Convent of the Sacred Beast ) is a film in the nunsploitation sub-genre of Pinky violence made by Toei Company in 1974. ... Sex & Fury, translated Story of Deviant Girl: OchÃ´ Inoshika ), is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Norifumi Suzuki. ... Shoguns Joys of Torture ) is a 1968 Japanese film in the Ero guro (erotic-grotesque) sub-genre of Toeis style of Pink film. ... Tattooed Flower Vase aka Mature Vase: Tattooed Vagina ) (1976) is a Japanese pink film in the Roman Porno series, starring Naomi Tani, directed by Masaru Konuma and produced by Nikkatsu. ... Terrifying Girls High School ) is a 4-film series of Pinky violence pink films made by Toei during 1972 and 1973. ... Ukiyoe Cruel Story ) is a 1968 Japanese Pink film directed by the Father of Pink, Tetsuji Takechi, and starring the current Queen of Pink, Noriko Tatsumi. ... Wife to be Sacrificed (ç”Ÿè´„å¤«äºº - Ikenie Fujin) (1974) is a Japanese soft-core S/M film starring Naomi Tani, directed by Masaru Konuma and produced by Nikkatsu. ... A Woman Called Sada Abe ) (1975) is a pink film version of the Sada Abe story directed by Noboru Tanaka. ... Woman with Red Hair ) (1979) is an award-winning Japanese pink film in Nikkatsus Roman Porno series. ... Women. ... Oniroku Dan (å›£é¬¼å… - Dan Oniroku) (b. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Koichiro Uno ) is a Japanese author of erotic novels. ... An AV Idol (adult video idol; AV actress )) is a Japanese idol that works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore... Chaku-ero, written ç€ã‚¨ãƒ, is a Japanese fetish focusing on erotic photographs of women wearing clothes, usually costumes designed to be extra sexy. ... This is a chronological history of the AV (adult video) industry in Japan. ... Cosplayers Cosplay ), a portmanteau of the English words costume and play, is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, Japanese pop music bands, Visual Kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by... For the Japanese noodle preparation method, see udon. ... Futanari (äºŒæˆ, äºŒå½¢; ãµãŸãªã‚Š; a compound word meaning two form in Japanese) can mean both the subjects of a special type of pornographic anime or manga (commonly known in the West as hentai), or the genre itself. ... Gokkun ) is a genre of Japanese adult video in which a woman consumes copious amounts of semen. ... Hamedori (ハメ撮り) is a way to film a pornographic video and it is done by having the male actor film as he is in the act of sex. ... Hentai tankÅbon on display in Japan Hentai ) is a Japanese word that can be used to mean metamorphosis or abnormality. In Japan hentai has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean sexually perverted. In the West the term is used as slang for sexually explicit or... Cover of Shibari, the Art of Japanese Bondage Shibari ) is a Japanese word that literally means to tie or to bind. It is used in Japan to describe the artful use of twine to tie objects or packages. ... In Japan, a Junior Idol ), alternatively Child ) or Low Teen ) idol, is defined as a child or early teenager persuing a career as a photographic model, actor, singer, or in any other field of activity related to show business. ... This is a list of Japanese celebrities (geinÅjin, èŠ¸èƒ½äºº). // Hayashiya ShÅzÅ Hamada Masatoshi Hiroshi Hisamoto Masami Kitano Takeshi Matsumoto Hitoshi Sakai Masaaki Sumitani Masaki Tashiro Masashi See also List of Japanese comedians Akanishi Jin Aiba Masaki Chiba Ryohei Domoto Koichi Domoto Tsuyoshi Inagaki Goro Kamenashi Kazuya Kato Shigeaki Katori... This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan who achieves popularity and fame in Japan largely by virtue of her looks. ... This is a list of gravure idols ), who are models in Japan that are generally more provocative than regular models and aidoru, though not to the point of posing nude. ... The Nikkatsu Roman Porno films were a critically popular, financially successful and award-winning series of mainstream, theatrical Japanese softcore pornographic films produced by Nikkatsu studios from November, 1971 until May, 1988. ... Lotion-Play is a popular form of erotica in Japan involving the use of copious amounts of sex lubricant which in the Japanese language is referred to as lotion ). Typically it involves sexual intercourse in a pool or bath filled with lotion, or lotion being poured over the participants during... A Net Idol is someone who acheives celebrity status through the internet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Omorashi ) is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full bladder. ... Panchira ) means upskirt in Japan. ... Pink film ) is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic films. ... Japanese pornography has some unique features which separate it from pornography in other cultures, especially Western pornography. ... Roshutsu is a genre of pornography in Japan featuring getting naked outdoors, and by extension, often having sex outdoors in places like parks. ... Shinju (from the Japanese çœŸç meaning pearl) is a torture technique applied to women in the Japanese bondage technique. ... Tamakeri is a recently introduced type of Japanese fetish pornography. ... Tarento (ã‚¿ãƒ¬ãƒ³ãƒˆ) is a Japanese rendering of the Portuguese word talento (talent in English) and is used as a catch-all term for major media personalities who regularly appear on television, radio and other forms of entertainment. ... The Tokyo Topless ) website was founded in March of 1995 by webmaster and photographer Takao Kudo ), and claims to be the first adult site in Asia. ... Ushiro Takatekote ) is the basic or foundational Kinbaku ) form of binding the arms and breasts, in which the arms and hands are bound behind the back. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... // General term Zenra ( å…¨è£¸ ) is a Japanese expression whose literal translation is completely nude. It is a genre of pornography whose title seems redundant (completely nude pornography). Zenra differentiates itself from other proclivities in that the subjects are usually groups of women participating in everyday tasks that they might otherwise perform...

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