Sex, Scandal, and Allure: The Erotic Art of Shun-ga from Edo to Early Modern Japan

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In the year 1770, within a large village house by the bustling city of Edo, Japan (modern day Tokyo City), a large collective of apprentices studied under their teacher, Utagawa Toyoharu, in observation of his mastery of the Ukiyo-e style.