(Не)приличният Ерос в японската визуална култура (шунга, хентай, анимация, кино)
The (in)decent Eros in Japan’s visual culture (shunga, hentai, animation, film)

Summary/Abstract: Japan’s visual culture articulates eroticism in a specific and contrasted to the West way. Sexual theatre of East Asia is performed by other, different rules, established to a large extent by Chinese culture. In Japan, both fine models of the established artistic tradition (abuna-e, shunga, muzan-e, etc.) and contemporary graphical and erotic and even pornographic artefacts (manga/anime, gekiga, hentai) are created. The aesthetics and canon of traditional erotic prints strongly influence the modern forms of visual arts: illustrations, sketches, cartoons, manga. The idea of a taboo and of decency/indecency in the erotology of the country comes from the processes of westernisation and modernization. In contemporary aspect, it is interesting to trace how these layered erotic images transform into manga/anime productions (in the context of hentai), but also in Japanese art animation and feature film. The analyses are focused on three works: the animations The Sensualist/好色一代男) by dir. Yukio Abe (1991) and Belladonna of Sadness/哀しみのベラドンナ by dir. Eiichi Yamamoto (1973), and the feature Air Doll/空気人形 ) by dir. Hirokazu Koreeda (2009). The analysis is contextual and studies the interrelations with the traditional, but also with the historical and culturological basis of Japan, with the development of literature and cinematography. The field of discourse is placed within the special aspects of the environment and the specifics of Japanese mindset.

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