Category Archives: Japanese Love

Dekotora, a truckers delight

Dekotora, a truckers delight

I recently watched a 1970’s Dekotora movie called “Trucker” which stars the late great Bunta Sugawara as Momojiro Hoshi and Kinya Aikawa as Kinzo Matsushita, also known as “Jonathan.” If you have never watched this movie and your a trucker/lorry driver or enjoy something different than I reccomened this movie for several reasons. Read more

Yukio Mishima ‘Spring Snow’

Yukio Mishima ‘Spring Snow’

After reading Yukio Mishima ‘Spring Snow’, I was inspired to write this short article on his birthday. Read more

Shunga

Shunga, The Japanese Erotic Art of the XVII and XVIII Centuries

Shunga engravings are a kind of ukiyo-e (woodcut prints) produced in Japan during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The word shunga means spring image, euphemism used to refer to sexual intercourse. The culmination of these erotic Japanese illustrations is in the Edo period (17th-19th century) and used as a sexual guide for the sons and daughters of families who could afford these scrolls. The Japanese kept these illustrations next to the couple’s bridal furniture. Read more

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