Shunga No Irokoi Edo No Mutsugoto "Yon Ju Hachi Te" No Sekai (Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] It is not merely an explanation of positions, but also a story of colorful love that begins with an encounter. While unraveling the "48 Moves" of Hishikawa Shigenobu, who is called the first ukiyoe artist, the author traces the influence of his work on later ukiyoe artists such as Nishikawa Sukenobu, Suzuki Harunobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Katsushika Hokusai. A funny and slightly sad world of amusement and humor. A masterful book by one of Japan's leading Shunga researchers.

それはたんなる体位解説でなく、出会いから始まる色恋の物語でもあった。最初の浮世絵師と呼ばれる菱川師宣の「四十八手」を一手ずつ紐解きながら、西川祐信、鈴木春信、喜多川歌麿、葛飾北斎など、後世の浮世絵師たちへの影響までをたどる。おかしくて少し切ない遊戯と諧謔の世界。わが国を代表する春画研究者による渾身の名著。