Girl Voyeur Spying on a Shy Boy and Experienced Woman

Voyeurism is a common theme in shunga, and appears in many variations. Men and women spying on couples from behind a screen, sliding doors, fences, windows, or through holes in the wall.

Girl Voyeur

In this design Harunobu (1724-1770) depicts a graceful indoor scene with a bashful boy seduced by an experienced woman who encourages him to loosen his sash. They are observed by a girl voyeur seated by a partially opened sliding door.

‘Shy boy, experienced lady and girl voyeur‘ (c.1768) by Suzuki Harunobu (Picture MFA Boston)

Clock

The landscape in the background folding screen distinctly includes Harunobu’s signature, since this is probably the opening sheet for an erotic album of twelve scenes. Before the screen stands a lantern clock.

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Source: ‘Erotic Japonisme: The Influence of Japanese Sexual Imagery on Western Art‘ by Ricard Bru

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Marijn is the founder of shungagallery.com. With more than 20 years of experience within the sensual and erotic art of shunga he is an authority in the genre. During this time he served many customers with complementing their art collection.

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Darya

on 13 Mar 2020

The funniest thing is the inverted voyeurism in shunga, when a couple peeps at someone else, sometimes at another couple, sometimes at lonely people. For instance, in 'Ehon waraizume' by Shuncho there's a picture of a copulating pair, who's watching the erection of the man in the next room.

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Marijn

on 13 Mar 2020

Thanks, voyeurism is probably the most dominant theme within shunga. Inverted voyeurism is indeed an amusing sub-theme. Could be an interesting topic for a future post. So if you have a picture of the Shuncho design, please don't hesitate sending me one.

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