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| - | Additionally, there has been a long tradition of erotic painting among the Eastern cultures. In [[Japan]], for example, [[shunga]] appeared in the 13th century and continued to grow in popularity until the late 19th century when photography was invented. Similarly, the erotic art of [[China]] reached its popular peak during the latter part of the [[Ming Dynasty]]. In [[India]], the famous [[Kama Sutra]] is an ancient sex manual that is still popularly read throughout the world. | ||
| - | There has been a long tradition of erotic painting in the East. [[Japan]], [[China]], [[History of India|India]], [[Persian Empire|Persia]] and other lands produced copious quantities of art celebrating the human faculty of love. The works depict love between men and women as well as same-sex love. One of the most famous ancient [[sex manual]]s was the ''[[Kama Sutra]]'', written by [[Vātsyāyana]] in India during the first few centuries CE. | + | '''''Jin Ping Mei''''' or '''''The Plum in the Golden Vase''''' (also ''The Golden Lotus'') is a [[China|Chinese]] [[naturalism (literature)|naturalistic]] [[novel]] composed in the [[vernacular]] ([[baihua]]) during the late [[Ming Dynasty]]. The author was Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, a clear [[pseudonym]]. Earliest versions of the novel exist only in handwritten scripts; the first block-printed book was released only in 1610. The more complete version today comprises one hundred chapters. |
| - | In Japan, the erotic art found its greatest flowering in the medium of the [[woodblock printing|woodblock prints]]. The style is known as ''[[shunga]]'' and some of its classic practitioners (e.g. [[Suzuki Harunobu|Harunobu]], [[Utamaro]]) produced a large number of works. Painted hand scrolls were also very popular. Shunga appeared in the 13th century and continued to grow in popularity despite occasional attempts to suppress them, the first of which was a ban on erotic books known as ''kōshokubon'' issued by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[Kyōhō]] 7 (1722). Shunga only ceased to be produced in the 19th century when photography was invented. | + | ''Jin Ping Mei'' is sometimes considered to be the fifth classical novel after the [[Four Great Classical Novels]]. It is the first full-length Chinese [[fiction]]al work to depict [[human sexuality|sexuality]] in a graphically explicit manner, and as such has a notoriety in China akin to ''[[Fanny Hill]]'' or ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' in English. |
| - | The Chinese tradition of the erotic was also extensive, with examples of the art dating back as far as the [[Yuan Dynasty]] (1271–1368). The erotic art of China reached its peak during the latter part of the [[Ming Dynasty]] (1368–1644). | ||
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| - | In both China and Japan, eroticism played a prominent role in the development of the novel. ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'', the work by an [[Heian period|11th-century Japanese]] noblewoman that is often called “the world’s first novel,” traces the many affairs of its hero in discreet but carnal language. From [[Ming Dynasty|16th-century China]], the still more explicit novel ''[[The Plum in the Golden Vase]]'' has been called one of the [[Four Great Classical Novels|four great classical novels]] of Chinese literature. ''The Tale of Genji'' has been celebrated in Japan since it was written, but ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' was suppressed as pornography for much of its history, and replaced on the list of four classics. | ||
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Jin Ping Mei or The Plum in the Golden Vase (also The Golden Lotus) is a Chinese naturalistic novel composed in the vernacular (baihua) during the late Ming Dynasty. The author was Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, a clear pseudonym. Earliest versions of the novel exist only in handwritten scripts; the first block-printed book was released only in 1610. The more complete version today comprises one hundred chapters.
Jin Ping Mei is sometimes considered to be the fifth classical novel after the Four Great Classical Novels. It is the first full-length Chinese fictional work to depict sexuality in a graphically explicit manner, and as such has a notoriety in China akin to Fanny Hill or Lady Chatterley's Lover in English.
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