I. Introductions

• Lectures and Special Events


• Thumbnail Index of Artwork


• Video Podcast No. 1: ’Welcome’
  Narrated by Stephan Jost, Director, Honolulu Museum of Art

II. Japanese Erotic Art in the Early 20th Century

• The Decline of Shunga


• The Origins of Nude Painting and the Controversy of Artistic Censorship in Japan


• Hashiguchi Goyō and Constructions of Female Identity in the Taishō Era


• Woodblock Printmaking in 20th-Century Japanese Art

III. Photography in Japan

• The History of Bondage in Japanese Art


• Araki Nobuyoshi


• Yonehara Yasumasa


• Unraveling Notions of Gender: A Female Artist’s Portrayals of Bondage


• Tsubaki Anna

IV. The Art of Japanese Manga

• IV-A. The Yoshiwara: Its Mythological Roots, its Residents, and its Legacy
  
  
  • Anno Moyoco
  
  
  • Prostitution in Contemporary Japan


• IV-B. Bad to the Bone: Erotic Grotesquerie
  
  
  • Maruo Suehiro
  
  
  • Video Podcast No. 2: ‘Maruo Suehiro & the Art of Erotic Grotesquerie’
    Narrated by Stephen Salel, Co-curator, Modern Love


• IV-C. Yuri Manga and Depictions of Lesbian Relationships
  
  
  • Video Podcast No. 3: ‘The Emergence of Female Artists in the Field of Japanese Erotica’
    Narrated by Monique D’Almeida
  
  
  • Nananan Kiriko
  
  
  • Sakurazawa Erica


• IV-D. Yaoi Manga and Other Sexualized Depictions of Men
  
  
  • est em

V. Sexual Culture Shock: Japanese Expatriate Artists in Hawaii

Transplanting the Yoshiwara: Mayumi Oda and the Valorization of American Sex Workers

Mayumi Oda

The Pathology of Cuteness: Yumiko Glover's Examination of Cultural Trends in Modern Japan

Sacred Anatomy: The Sculptures of Masami Teraoka

Comedy and Tragedy in the Prints of Masami Teraoka

Sex on the Beach: The Snorkel Series of Masami Teraoka

The Iconographic Origins of Sarah and Octopus

Masami Teraoka and the Return to Traditional Woodblock Printmaking

Sarah and Octopus / Seventh Heaven: Progressive Proofs

VI. About This Site

Acknowledgements

Credits

Inquiries

Selected Bibliography

Related Sites

VII. Lectures and Special Events

Dec. 3, 2014, 4:00 pm:
Lecture: Manga artist Sakurazawa Erica

Feb. 4, 2015, 5:30 pm:
Roundtable Discussion featuring artist Masami Teraoka and others

Feb. 4, 2015, 7:30 pm:
Film: In the Realm of the Senses (1976), directed by Oshima Nagisa

Feb. 6, 2015, 5:30 pm:
Lecture: ‘Enjoying Shunga: The Public Reception of Japanese Erotic Art, Past and Present’ by Dr. Ishigami Aki

Feb. 6, 2015, 7:30 pm:
Film: The Pornographers (1966), directed by Imamura Shōhei

Dec. 7, 2014:
Master Class: The Art of Japanese Manga (Instructor: Sakurazawa Erica)

Feb. 22, 2015, 10:30 am:
Lecture and Book Signing: Manga artist Anno Moyoco

VIII. New Publication

Shunga: Stages of Desire