Centuries-old Japanese erotic art is still taboo, but a rare exhibition in Kabukucho, the city's so-called red-light district, aims to prove the genre is more than titillation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/08/art/japanese-erotic-art-shunga-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #kabukicho #ukiyoe #exhibitions #shunga
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🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土 - Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.
Woodblock print of two men racing between waves to collect seaweed.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of woman drying a seaweed sheet over a hibachi.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of woman collecting seaweed in a basket.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of seaweed being formed into sheets and dried.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土 - Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.
Woodblock print of two men racing between waves to collect seaweed.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of woman drying a seaweed sheet over a hibachi.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of woman collecting seaweed in a basket.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/
Woodblock print of seaweed being formed into sheets and dried.
Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/