Saturday 28 March 2015

Sex and Suffering: The Tragic Life of the Courtesan in Japan’s Floating World

Sex and Suffering: The Tragic Life of the Courtesan in Japan’s Floating World


It’s difficult to get a window into the world of Edo-Period Japanese prostitutes without the gauzy romantic filter of the male gaze. The artworks in the new San Francisco Asian Art Museum exhibition, “Seduction: Japan’s Floating World,” were made by men for men, the patrons of the Yoshiwara pleasure district outside of Edo, which is now known as Tokyo.

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