What is Shunga?
[[File:Zoenende visser en duikster Amur adonis Fukujuso, door Katsushika Hokusai RP-P-2008-12.jpg|thumb|''Shunga'' by [[Hokusai]]]] '''''Shunga''''' is a term for classic Japanese [[erotica]], particularly erotic [[Ukiyo-e]]. There are also erotic painted [[handscroll]]s, which came before ukiyo-e and are much rarer.<ref name=Helsinki>{{cite book | title=Kielletyt kuvat: Vanhaa eroottista taidetta Japanista / Förbjudna bilder: Gammal erotisk konst från Japan / Forbidden Images: Erotic art from Japan's Edo period|publisher=Helsinki City Art Museum |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi,sv,en | year=2002 | pages=23–28|isbn=951-8965-53-6}}</ref> The [[Japanese language|Japanese]] word ''shunga'' means ''picture of spring''. “Spring” is a [[euphemism]] for sex.<ref name=Helsinki /> ''Shunga'' prints showed lots of kinds of sex, including [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]] sex, [[gay man|gay]] sex, [[lesbian]] sex, and even [[Tentacle rape|sex with octopuses]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Japanese words and phrases]] [[Category:Sexuality]]