Things we get fixated as a society. Cultural icons, in other words.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Chinese shunga

Chinese shunga: Doing it while riding a horseChinese shunga. This sounds like nonse because shunga is a distinctly Japanese art form, with a Japanese name. But at the same time the Chinese have erotic prints which are very similar to the Japanese ones, the only difference being in style. The sample here is a very special one because the couple is doing it mounted on a horse back. The man is possible a barbarian of some sort.

Also, pay attention to the lady's socks which are interesting not so much because it is funny to see someone stark naked wearing socks but because she obviously has those notorious bound feet of the Manchu aristocracy.

4 comments:

liu41630 said...

Chinese is the origin of Japanese shunga. So "Chinese shunga" is logically "nonsense"(as U said).

Japanese got many things (e.g. 'go', tea ceremony, wafuku, etc. from China and imoproved them.

Unknown said...

Without comment!

liu41630 said...

Literally "Chinese shunga" has a small problem.Japanese shunga is derived from we Chinese erotic prints, which was found more than 200 years earlier than Jap shunga.

Shunga( in Chinese phrase "Spring prints" proved this history.

liu41630 said...

Literally "Chinese shunga" has a small problem.Japanese shunga is derived from we Chinese erotic prints, which was found more than 200 years earlier than Jap shunga.

Shunga( in Chinese phrase "Spring prints" proved this history.