Though the self-taught painter Masaya Yoshioka works with oil on a panel, which is a feature of the so-called yoga (Western style) paintings, the content of his art is deeply connected not only with Munch or Van Gogh but also with Japanese culture and the shunga genre in particular. As the artist writes on his Instagram, "If shunga didn't exist in this world, my paintings would be different."
Fig. 1. Blue self-portrait (Instagram.com)
Fig. 2. By the sea (Instagram.com)
Fig. 3. Blue girl (Instagram.com)
Fig. 4. Instagram.com
Fig. 5. Couple, 2001 (Instagram.com)
Fig. 6. Couple (Instagram.com)
Fig. 7. Convenience store (Instagram.com)
