Intimate Japan. Night Dates, Joyful Districts, and the Culture of Peeping
The sexual culture of Japan has flourished for centuries in isolation from external influences, without religious prohibitions and notions of sinfulness. This is what has made it so paradoxical and exciting. Why was a bride's virginity considered a disadvantage? How did the...
creation of erotic images turn into a high art? Why did Japanese beauties blacken their teeth and shave their eyebrows? This book will reveal how the intimate life of the Japanese reflected their worldview and how it has changed from ancient times to the present day.
Diana Kiknadze — Japanologist, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of St. Petersburg State University. Her research interests include Japan during the Heian period, folk Buddhism and magic, the history of everyday life, and women's history in Japan.
The sexual culture of Japan has flourished for centuries in isolation from external influences, without religious prohibitions and notions of sinfulness.
This is what has made it so paradoxical and exciting. Why was a bride's virginity considered a disadvantage?
How did the creation of erotic images turn into a high art?
Why did Japanese beauties blacken their teeth and shave their eyebrows? This book will reveal how the intimate life of the Japanese reflected their worldview and how it has changed from ancient times to the present day.
Diana Kiknadze — Japanologist, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of St. Petersburg State University. Her research interests include Japan during the Heian period, folk Buddhism and magic, the history of everyday life, and women's history in Japan.
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