Title: DECADENCE: 300 YEARS OF JAPANESE FETISH ART HC (2003) #1

Publisher: Fantagraphics

DECADENCE: 300 YEARS OF JAPANESE FETISH ART HC (2003) #1 is available for pre-order. To view and order the issues and variants of this title, see DECADENCE: 300 YEARS OF JAPANESE FETISH ART HC (2003) #1 in the Mile High Comics NICE.

DECADENCE: 300 YEARS OF JAPANESE FETISH ART
by Davis Bromwell
This lush coffee table art book comprises a survey of Ukiyo-e poster art, which was a genre of Japanese wood block prints of the ancient Edo period (1600-1867) that continues to inspire and inform creators of Japanese manga and anime. Decadence focuses on shunga prints, or Japanese erotica. Shunga was designed to titillate, depicting a range of traditional themes such as exotic Asian beauties in intimate, pin-up poses and dramatic couplings with fierce warriors wielding enormous "swords," macabre supernatural lovers, and bestial animals and monsters. Proving the universality of fetishism and sexual fantasies, this erotic guide serves to bridge the ancient and the modern, providing a glimpse into by-gone pleasures and pleasure districts, as well as their influences on contemporary Japanese popular culture and erotic literature.
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HC, 8x11, 96pg, PC $24.95