Since the discovery of the Domus Aurea, Nero's imperial palace unearthed around 1480, and with some influences from the Middle Ages, the grotesqueWe have (finally) obtained this great shunga print that is generally considered to be the most gruesome design within the genre. In this rather complex fold-out piece ( shikake-e ) from Kunisada ‘s acclaimed ‘ Tales..
took on a fictional character during the Renaissance as it was used to create worlds that, although based on reality, transcend it through distortion and exaggeration. The fascination with the grotesque, when associated with ornamental painting, became widely used in the decoration of loggias and salons that opened onto courtyards and gardens, as well as in corridors, staircases, and other spaces of movement and passage. The grotesque thus served as a way to question reality by subverting the established order and exploring the boundary between the real and the imaginary. However, the grotesque did not stop at combining human, animalLet’s take a closer look at a fascinating Taisho era (1912-1926) album we obtained recently that features a lot of animals performing cunnilingus. The contents of this accordion-folded album reminisces Kobayashi..
, and vegetal elements; it expanded into narrative by creating fictions in which human behaviors are often subverted in the form of parodies and satires. The work of Japanese artist Asaji Muroi can be perceived as grotesque because it focuses on behaviors that escape the rules as well as the deformation of human anatomy.

Fig.1. Dog of the mountain pass

Fig.2. Hatsuo

Fig.3. Hinomaru Shokudo

Fig.4. Tosenkyo
Attraction To Sadomasochism
Asaji Muroi (室井亜砂二) was born in 1946. Even in childhood, his attention was drawn to sadomasochism, as he himself recounts: "In elementary school, I was shocked when I happened to see a drawing of a young naked samurai’s daughter suspended by sisal ropes from the branches of a pine tree along a road in the hospital where I was admitted." During his adolescence, he came into contact with magazines such as Kitan Club, Fuzoku Kitan, and Uramado, as well as the works of writers such as Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Kyōka Izumi, and Osamu Dazai, which shaped his interest in unconventional themes. His career began to stand out in 1965 when he started publishing in Kitan Club magazine. In the 1970s, he stopped producing SMHelpless men chained to various instruments of torture humiliated by bossy mistresses wearing leather boots and intimidating outfits. In Bernard Montorgueil’s world it is clear who is calling the shots. But, although..
works, only resuming them in the mid-1980s. He exhibited at the Vanilla Gallery in the "Sacred Signs and Disfigured Beauty Exhibition - Advent of Freaks," at the Café Crepe Myrtle Gallery with the "Abu Life Cover Art Exhibition," and at the Span Art Gallery in the "Mysterious Game Exhibition."

Fig.5. Early illustration for Kitan Club

Fig.6. Early illustration for Kitan Club

Fig.7. Early illustration for Kitan Club

Fig.8. Early illustration for Kitan Club
Venus With A Dog Collar
His most famous works are images in which he depicts women as dogsIn this article we’ll take a closer look at shunga designs by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) in which he adds mice and dogs as a comic supplement. Fig.1. ‘ Relaxing Couple and copulating mice ‘..
, sometimes with tails to emphasize their animality. Asaji Muroi draws them naked, leashed, and subservient to their owners. In the 1960s, he had already produced images of a young woman giving her paw, eating from a bowl, and sleeping in a doghouse, which were published in Kitan Club magazine and titled “VenusThis is the third time that the Swedish Senju Shunga (1968) pays tribute to a classic work of art. Recently he finished a melancholic rendition of John Everett Millais’ Ophelia and a couple of years ago it was..
with a Dog Collar”. This series of images ended up creating a new role-playing game in Japan defined by a dominance and submission dynamic, leading fans of the painter to turn this practice into a lifestyle.
In 1995, Asaji Muroi created a website called Inuya Aigando, "The Store of Beloved BitchesA striking erotic Hokusai school design featuring an act of bestiality .
‘ Samurai with two bitches ‘ (c.1818-22) from the series ‘ Ehon kurabiraki ‘ by an important member of the Hokusai school
Humans and..
", where he posts photos of women who agreed to replicate the canine behaviors of the characters in his works: tongue out, crouched on their heels, legs spread, belly offered.

Fig.9. Early illustration for Kitan Club

Fig.10. Early illustration for Kitan Club

Fig.11. A female dog by the road
In the extended Premium edition of the article more on Muroi's art books, his "toilet woman" (the "lowest category of bitchesA striking erotic Hokusai school design featuring an act of bestiality .
‘ Samurai with two bitches ‘ (c.1818-22) from the series ‘ Ehon kurabiraki ‘ by an important member of the Hokusai school
Humans and..
"), the relationship between the master and his "dog", Muroi's sadomasochistic aesthetics, the use of mutable identity and 50+ additional examples of "dog collar" sensuality.
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