Enjoy Shunga in English and Modern Japanese: Kitagawa Utamaro's "Wishing Thread" Adult Pleasure Series 2

About the productJapanese

Kitagawa Utamaro is an internationally renowned ukiyo-e artist representing Japan.

Utamaro produced three sets of shunga, each consisting of 12 large-format nishiki-e prints. This book introduces the complete series of "Negai no Itoguchi," a masterpiece of Utamaro's shunga, which is filled with realistic conversations between men and women, and includes a preface, notes, and additional text in modern Japanese and English.

Author introduction
Hayakawa Monta [Gerstle, Andrew]
Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Gerstle, Andrew
Professor at the University of London (SOAS) (This information was current at the time this book was published.)
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Product Information

release date July 2014

Part numberKART10046W-9784799103586

Specification Commentary: Hayakawa Mita
Translated by Andrew Gerstle
Publisher: Subarusha
Specifications: A5 size/height 16X22cm
Number of pages: 63p

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