Shinto
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| - | '''''The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife''''' is an erotic [[woodcut]] of the [[ukiyo-e]] genre made around [[1820]] by the [[Japan]]ese artist [[Hokusai]]. Perhaps the first instance of [[tentacle rape|tentacle eroticism]], it depicts a woman entwined sexually with a pair of [[octopus]]es, the smaller of which kisses her while the larger one performs [[cunnilingus]]. A shot of the work printed on a postcard that is being looked at by [[Anaïs Nin]] ([[Maria de Medeiros]]) at the beginning of the 1990 film ''[[Henry & June]]'' earned that movie the very first [[NC-17]] film rating. It is no coincidence that the wife in question is a fisherman's wife, the significance of the absence of men in fishermen's villages is also testified by the fact the first [[dildo]]s were found in [[fishermen's villages]]. | + | |
| - | == History == | + | '''Shinto''' or '''''kami-no-michi''''' is the natural spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. |
| - | Hokusai created ''The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife'' during the [[Edo period]] in when [[Shinto]] was making a resurgence; this influenced the piece's [[animism]] and playful attitude towards sexuality. It is a celebrated example of [[shunga]] and has been reworked by a number of artists. Similar themes of human females having sexual intercourse with sea life have been displayed since the 17th century in Japanese [[netsuke]], small carved sculptures only a few inches in height and often extremely elaborate. | + | |
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Shinto or kami-no-michi is the natural spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people.
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