Shunga by Hokusai Postcard Pack
Exclusive to the British Museum, a pack of 10 postcards featuring shunga woodblock prints by Hokusai.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) has enjoyed a strong international reputation since the Japonisme era of the 1870s and is considered by many to be Japan’s greatest artist.
Shunga (‘spring pictures’) are explicitly erotic Japanese paintings, prints and book illustrations produced in large quantities, mainly during the Edo period (1600–1868). This selection of 10 postcards, drawn from the collections of the British Museum, showcases some of Hokusai’s most famous erotic prints.
A sensational set of art postcards.
- Product Code: CMCE18980
- Product Weight: 0.06Kg
- Dimensions: Each postcard: H15 x L10.5cm
- Material: Card
- Postage Weight: 0.10 Kg
Exclusive to the British Museum, a pack of 10 postcards featuring shunga woodblock prints by Hokusai.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) has enjoyed a strong international reputation since the Japonisme era of the 1870s and is considered by many to be Japan’s greatest artist.
Shunga (‘spring pictures’) are explicitly erotic Japanese paintings, prints and book illustrations produced in large quantities, mainly during the Edo period (1600–1868). This selection of 10 postcards, drawn from the collections of the British Museum, showcases some of Hokusai’s most famous erotic prints.
A sensational set of art postcards.
- Product Code: CMCE18980
- Product Weight: 0.06Kg
- Dimensions: Each postcard: H15 x L10.5cm
- Material: Card
- Postage Weight: 0.10 Kg
