News tag: shunga

Changing Japanese attitudes to shunga

This is a translation of Ayako Kurosawa’s piece for Sankei News, 9 May 2015. The original article in Japanese can be found here.

Why is it not possible to hold exhibitions of shunga in Japan – their country of origin – despite a series of exhibitions in Europe and the US, and ongoing research into the impact of shunga on Western art?

Talk about the British Museum's Shunga exhibition, Thursday, 28th November, 20.00-21.30

Port* Talk about the Shunga exhibition currently on at the British Museum, on Thursday, 28th November, 20.00-21.30.

Making polite conversation about 'Shunga'

I attended the opening of the much-heralded Shunga exhibition at the British Museum last night. It didn’t disappoint – there is a huge amount to see, and I didn’t make it into the last room at all before the exhibition closed, so I’ll have to go back. It was interesting to see people’s reactions to

International Symposium: Sex art in Japan- perspectives on shunga

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation have supported the international symposium at the British Museum on shunga with a Small Grant in the March 2013 round of funding. The symposium will be held on on 4-5 October 2013. The full line up of the symposium follows after the main body of text. There will also be a

New course on Japanese art will be offered at the British Museum and Birkbeck this autumn

Hidden Pleasures, Public Lives: Introduction to Japanese Prints This exciting new course on Japanese art will be offered at the British Museum and Birkbeck in autumn 2013. Lectures will be taught by Dr Monika Hinkel, expert in Japanese prints, and contributor to the catalogue of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition, Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese