A Rare Egoyomi Triptych Depicting Tantalizing Bathhouse Games

Beautiful piece! Love the detail, especially of the water and how movement is suggested. There's something unique about the woman being lifted above the water by the man on the left and the man she's going to be matched with. Great find!

I enjoyed examining this it is such a realistic impression that it must have been based on the artists observations of actual events. Brings to mind how we in Europe might imagine a Roman orgy from 2000 years ago. Yet here is similar uninhibited activity from more recent times recorded for us to enjoy. Thanks to you and the artist for sharing. Its a cultural as well as an erotic record.

Well, I "jump in the water". This image made me laugh! with this surprising and harmonious staging, very well observed and convincing down to the last detail. and postures. There is a dynamism (see the distribution of the ladies' hairstyles in a circle with the main character in the center who chooses his surprise partner. what excitement! There is also the envy expressed by the character on the left or on the right, the impatient one who gets rebuffed by the one who is still in action and tells him to wait his turn. I think the set is as important as the characters, it's full of life and I don't see anything obscene? This performance is a beautiful lesson in joie de vivre that contrasts with today's Japan, it seems to me, with its Internet full of unimaginative Porn and its deadly and tasteless Mangas. Translated with www.DeepL.com

Claud I would like to repeat your remark about the contemporary Japanese spectator's view of the Shunga. Well, it is not an old look! So let's shake off this old taboo... It's not for you, an expert, that I'm going to learn the date of the first Shunga exhibition in Japan... which took place at the Eisi Bunko Museum in Tokyo in.... 2015 He took the bait after ten other Museums had previously refused to do so. Reason: Obscenity? Reducing this art to this is a futile prudishness and shows great ignorance. It took a western impulse to make a decision that affects one's own culture. This exhibition came about only because two years before it was shown at the British Museum...with success. I will try to get the catalog of the exhibition because the curators have provided excellent information and commentary on the context, social reception and the history of the Shunga. Of course the scenes are explicit, but compared to commercial (soulless) pornography they present sexuality as a mutual interaction between equal and committed participants, and as something gloriously deserving of artistic expression. It is as much a matter of situation, imagination and physical impulses. It is an accomplished art and not a sub-genre. My question to you: What is Japanese culture worth today if it can no longer recognize its own artistic values that are part of its identity? internationally recognized... except in their own country... A people of great culture degenerated by economic oppression It is clear: The Japanese today have made their choice: They prefer hard work to pleasure. Would the Shunga have become a provocation for this fanatically hardworking people? Hence a certain Imaginary completely twisted, sickly (Mangas) and incomprehensible to us Westerners. The value of this art is undeniable, and it is difficult to understand why it took so long to organize a special exhibition of these magnificent Japanese works. inside Japan. It's a pleasure - visual, artistic, historical and cultural - to see them together in such a coherent exhibition (Michael Pronko). As far as I'm concerned, I am delighted to find this art on your site hidden behind the clocks and jewels with a charming Blog that forces reflection. and at the opening. Thank you Marijn Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)