Tokyo, Aug 29, 2025 (AFP) - 'Female power': Japan erotic art destigmatised in new exhibit

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2025-08-29

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" drawings and woodblock prints that flourished in Japan's Edo period, which began in 1603. But s......

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