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More to the point, the story is one of many that originates from shunga, an art form from the Edo period in Japan, which centres on eroticism. This was the third event for Floating World, an immersive dinner experience created by Takayo Malone, who was also our host for the evening. More specifically, shunga developed from the Japanese art movement known as ukiyo-e, which is translated as the pictures of the Floating World. Back then, shunga was given as wedding gifts for young couples to educate them, or to couples who wanted to spice up their love lives. An event planner, Malone had previously hosted kimono parties, but wanted to develop the concept further after seeing a shunga exhibition at the British Museum in

There's a very thin line between what we consider photography and what we consider pornography. Often, critics will sweepingly dismiss entire bodies of work based solely on it presenting bodies in sexual scenes. For Japanese photography titan Nobuyoshi Araki, this exploration of the space between photography and pornography has always been the most dynamic, challenging, and exciting exercise. In celebration of the artist's year long career, the Museum of Sex in New York has put together an incredibly expansive exhibition featuring most, if not all, of Araki's work, from photographs to painted images to photobooks. The Incomplete Araki takes viewers through the artist's complicated lines of inquiry, including his fascination with couples, his obsession with obsession, and his knack to constantly push the boundaries of what's socially acceptable.

What may seem erotic and even offensive in the West is viewed quite differently in Japan. A naked body does not always suggest sexuality or eroticism. Sometimes it invites voyeurism. By pairing Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama, two icons of Japanese photography, with the lesser-known Kohei Yoshiyuki, Acts of Intimacy: The Erotic Gaze in Japanese Photography , currently on view at The Walther Collection, invites New York audiences to contemplate personal and cultural definitions of intimacy and eroticism—subjective concepts that shift as the exhibition unfolds.

Japanese photographer Daikichi Amano has a disturbing, erotic photo series that will most likely make you turn your head away in disgust. Daikichi Amano is a Japanese photographer living in Tokyo. Straddling the lines between artistic and fetish pornography, his creepy photos show his nude subjects bound and wrapped by the tentacles of dead octopuses. Daikichi Amano explores the gruesome connection between Japan's metaphorical and literal consumption of both the female form and creatures of the sea.