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Caught in the Act
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Caught in the Act

Suzuki Harunobu · c. 1769 - 1770 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Shunga (erotic) prints featured every imaginable form of sexual activity, including voyeurism. Their explicit content resulted in their being condemned as 'harmful to public morals' and censored by the government. This, of course, did not stop the printmakers. But even today such images – many of which feature outrageously proportioned genitalia – are banned from being imported back into Japan.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printshungalovers spied upon
Credit lineCaught in the Act. c. 1769 - 1770. Suzuki Harunobu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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