'Female power': Japan erotic art destigmatised in new exhibit

'Female power': Japan erotic art destigmatized in new exhibit

That stigma around shunga lingers more than a century on, with the genre often lumped together with commercial porn that objectifies women. It is this misconcep

‘Female power’: Japan erotic art destigmatised in new exhibit

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from male-centred porn. Female pleasure instead takes centre stage at the Tokyo exhibition showcasing around 150 pieces of shunga -- an erotic form of "ukiyo-e"

'Female power': Japan erotic art destigmatised in new exhibit

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from male-centred porn.