10 Most Sensual Lesbian Erotic Scenes in Shunga

Introduction
From all the subjects and themes within shunga (Japanese erotic prints, books and paintings) probably the most coveted are the prints depicting female-female love. In the treatment of the following ten lesbian oriented shunga designs in this article there are two prints included (the first and the last) which are more suggestive and less explicit but in my opinion, with their eye for female beauty and comical detail, a true addition to this specific theme.
Kuniyoshi - Grooming Scene
A comical image depicting a dressing room in a brothel with the activities of five courtesans joking around with one of their sleeping colleagues. Look for the chagrined facial expression of the courtesan on the left who is grooming her mons veneris. This design from the 1840s displays Kuniyoshi's comic genius in full effect.
Hokusai - Entangled
From Hokusai's classic shunga ehon (book) series Kinoe no komatsu (Young Pine Saplings) published in 1814, which also includes his famous Octopus design, a passionate lesbian encounter between two young women. They are in a very tight embrace with the girl below in an almost ecstatic pose. The girl on top is wearing a
harigata(dildo). The wrinkled undergarment was Hokusai's beloved detail he used in his shunga work.
Eiri - Lubricant
Probably the most famous lesbian scene in shunga from Eiri's excellent oban series Models of Calligraphyconsisting of 12 designs. One of the girls is wearing a huge harigata, which is held by the other girl, while she's using a lubricant to put on the artificial phallus. Due to its controversial impact at the time (1801) this lesbian shunga scene was omitted from later editions.
Kuniyoshi - Kabuki Mask
A highly unusual lesbian design with the girl on top wearing a kabuki-mask pretending she's the favourite kabuki actor (a Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp of their day) the other girl is fantasizing about. Two amused women are peeking through a small hole in a sliding door.
Eizan - Lesbian Girl Taken From Behind
In a confined setting two lesbian lovers are having sex. The girl underneath is in an excited state while the girl on top uses the dildo to penetrate her from behind. The on-looking cat is comic detail often used in shunga. (especially by Hokusai and Kuniyoshi)
Eisen - Double-Sided Dildo
Two girls enjoying themselves using a double-sided dildo. In this design both faces of the female protagonists are hidden.
Kuniyoshi - Old Woman
An older woman uses a rather unorthodox way of introducing a young girl into her adult life by grapping her vagina. The shungabooks behind them and the erotic scroll in front of them emphasize the preceding visual education. A design from a shungabook series by Kuniyoshi, published in the 1840s.
Hokusai - Sea-Cucumber
Two awabi (abalone) divers are caught in an intimate moment in this marvellous work of art by Hokusai (dated 1810s). One of the girls uses a sea-cucumber, as a improvised dildo, with the sea in the background as their silent witness. Awabi or Ama diver was (and is) a profession practised by women who dive for pearls.
Shuncho - Tortoise Shell Dildo
This print by Shuncho (published around 1800) has a striking use of color combination with beautiful green accents. The decoration on the folding screen behind this loving lesbian couple gives it a very realistic feel as if they are actually in the open-air. The girl on top is sporting a deluxe tortoise-shell harigata and both are wearing transparant hair ribbons. In the past this print has been falsely attributed to Utamaro.
Kunisada - Awabi Divers at the Sea Shore


In this last shunga print, from an abuna-e (dangerous or risque pictures) like style book designed by Kunisada in c.1840, an image with a more suggestive lesbian undertone. Depicted are four awabidivers fishing for pearls at the sea shore. One of them is holding a knife (for opening the oysters) between her teeth while wringing out her dress while two others are drying themselves near a fire. The pearl diver 日に焼けるまで～田舎の従姉弟と姉と弟～ 無料 diving into the waves is beautifully counterbalanced with the breaking waves on the rocks making it such a dynamic scene.

Now Seeking Pleasure is Much Easier With the Erotic Comic Books

Whenever when the word 'erotic' comes into the minds of people, they always assume nudity as the most prominent part of it, which is not at all wrong. However, merely viewing nudity in any form does not mean that has to be erotic. Erotic actually means a feeling or a sensation that can send shivers down the spines of a human being. Unfortunately, eroticism has deliberately been portrayed in the bad light by people who consider themselves guardian of so called religion and culture.
Today there are many kinds of channels (such as Internet, films and books) from where people can derive the pleasures of feeling erotic in the most convenient manner. But the best of them are still the erotic comic books that impart a rich dose of the most cherished arousing feelings in a very light manner. These books are extremely popular across the world. It is because sometimes reading and watching strict porn may become monotonous, unethical and harmful at times, to avoid that stage, these comic books prove to be the best recreation channel, as they provide their readers the usual stuff but with a slight touch of humor.
These books are the best ways to entertain readers in the most delightful manner. Stacked with colorful pictures of beautiful women and men, these erotic comic books are a perfect gift for any occasion to anyone who is mature enough to handle the matter in them. These comic books come both for men and women, hence, no gender discrimination here. Illustrated with vibrant pictures, these comic books can be purchased from any Online shopping store. For any lover of vintage erotica, this is just the thing that works as a terrific stress-reliever for its readers.

Another best feature of these 'erotic comic books' is that as they run on story lines which never lets them to be monotonous at any stage. Next best thing about these books is the vivacious graphical display in a very subtle manner. This is the very thin line that separates erotic comic books from the usual porn books. With nudity just a part of it, these books offer its readers something more then the regular stuff. The vivid details along with graphical presentation proves to be lethal combination in terms of quality. That's not all with such a fantastic fusion, it is quite impossible for readers to leave this book and do something else, and letting the imagination of readers run wild. This also allows the readers to 日に焼けるまで～田舎の従姉弟と姉と弟～ share their hidden inhibitions in a most healthy manner. That's why these erotic comic books are rated as the best.

Sexual Arousal and Excitement - How to Maximize Them

You can stimulate the sexual excitement and lust both in yourself and your lover by the surrounding you choose for making love, by the atmosphere you create at that place, by special actions and by using special products targeted for this purpose.
HERBAL PREPARATIONS TO INCREASE AROUSAL
On the market you can find many herbs or herbal blendings capable of increasing the sexual arousal. Many arousing herbs are also found as common spices. Examples of arousing herbs are ginseng, roseroot, cinnamon, cayenne, cardamom, ginger, damiana, horny goat weed, catuaba, maca, muira pauma and cuscuta. The herbs can arouse you both by their taste, their scent and by a physiological stimulation on the nerves and blood circulation.
The herbs create a general sexual mood in your mind and intimate zones, make these zones more sensible for stimulation and facilitate sexual reactions. Most herbal preparations are to be taken as a single dose each day. It is also a good idea to spice up your food with some of these herbs a day you want to have a strong sexual experience.
THE PROPER DEGREE OF CLEANLINESS
Some smells can strongly awaken the sexual arousal. This is done in two ways. Some smell receptors in the nose have a direct nervous connection to centres in the brain that are active when a person is sexually aroused. When something trigger these smell receptors, an immediate sexual interest and arousal is the result.
The body itself secretes substances with erotic scents. However, the body also produce wastes and secretions that have the opposite effect in a too great amount.
The proper degree of washing and hygiene is therefore necessary to get maximally aroused. The body should be cleaned some time before sex. But a very eager washing and a use of massive amounts of soap or cleansers can take away exciting bodily scents, and a strong smell of soap is directly anti-erotic.
EROTIC PERFUMES OR PHEROMONES
A way of making both yourself and your partner aroused is the use of erotic perfumes or pheromone preparations on your body. These preparations contain substances, so-called pheromones, that trigger receptors in the nose directly connected to the brain centres involved in sexual arousal. They also contain substances that trigger sexual excitement by their consciously sensed smells.
Some of these substances give a distinctly feminine mark, others give a distinctly masculine signal and others are common to men and women. Therefore preparations of pheromones are often made in special versions for men and women.
Perfumes with smell of flowers or the like should be avoided. These types of perfumes may smell pleasantly, but they take the mind away from sexual thoughts
USE OF SEXY CLOTHES AND MAKE-UP
You can excite each other heavily by using sensual outer clothes and sexy underwear. You can use clothes with exciting colours or with colours or shapes triggering your erotic fantasy. The clothes should attract your attention towards your most intimate areas, for example by means of lines or structures pointing that way. Your clothes should also visualize the shape of your intimate zones and the shape of body parts you find especially attractive. Your clothes should look like an invitation to erotic activities, but without looking too vulgar. Avoid heavy or voluminous clothes looking like an armament. Such clothes signal to your partner that you do not want sex, that you are afraid of sex or afraid of your partner.
A careful use of make-up in order to strengthen and underline special attractive traits in you face can increase the excitement, for example some darkening of your eyebrows or some shading under your eyes. Heavy use of make-up will have the opposite effect. It will make your partner wonder what really is under that make-up, your partner will feel the make-up as a shield around you, and your partner will be constantly afraid of disturbing your make-up.
A simple, elegant and fanciful, but still natural-looking, heir-cut and hair colouring can also greatly enhance the excitement. However, a heavy hairstyle looking like a major artwork will take the attention away from erotic thoughts and thus have the opposite effect.
A ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE
A romantic atmosphere will help to bring forth the sexual arousal, and there are many ingredients that together make such an atmosphere. The surrounding must be tidy and colourful. The colours should generally be somewhat discrete and held in a warm tune, but with some spots having a stronger colour, for example a carpet covering the sofa you sit in and the linen of the bed where you intend to make love. Having discretely coloured lamps in the background, or some colourful flowers or ornamental objects will complete the visual part of the atmosphere. The temperature of the air must be pleasant, somewhat warm, but not too warm. Pleasant and relaxing music will complete the picture.
Furthermore, the setting must be such that you naturally drew your attention towards each other. There should be some comfortable place where you feel it natural to sit or lie down near each other. The light in the surroundings should be dimmed, but with a somewhat stronger light upon the place where you intend to make love.
HAVE A SENSUAL MEAL BEFORE YOU BEGIN
The food you eat some time before sex can greatly enhance your excitement and lust, or have the opposite effect, depending of the composition of your meal. You should have a meal that stimulates all your senses. It should contain ingredients with bright colours and you should use sensual and aromatic spices like cinnamon, ginger, musket and cardamom. Some amount of strong spices like cayenne or chilli will stimulate your bodily reactions and thereby make you more aroused.
Coffee or tea stimulate the activities of the central nervous system, and thus also the sexual excitement. A cup or coffee or tea just before the sexual act will often enhance your sexual mood. Small amounts of alcohol will help to take away tension and worries and make room in your mind for erotic thoughts and feelings, but heavy drinking will destroy your erotic intentions.
AROUSING PICTURES OR VIDEOS
Looking at pictures in an erotic magazine or at an erotic video that depict sexy people and erotic situations can stimulate the right mood for making love. The best pictures and videos are those showing some new and surprising ways of making love. The best visual material will give you ideas about new things you can do yourselves. Directly comic pictures or videos should be avoided, because they awake other feelings than sexual excitement, but some degree of humour is fine.
THE ROLE OF THE FOREPLAY
The foreplay is important to increase your excitement maximally, and there are many things you can include in the foreplay. Kisses and caresses are classical ingredients in the foreplay, both when you still have your clothes on and later in your naked state. You should always take your time to kiss and caress each other, but you should also use your fantasy and play with each other in steadily new ways.
You can for example gently unclothe each other instead of each of you take off one's own clothes. Also place your partner or yourself in surprising and intriguing positions. Then you caress each other with gentle movements. Begin by caressing neutral body areas and gradually get closer to the erotic zones of the body, and eventually stimulate the most intimate zones by gentle strokes or gentle fingering.
During the foreplay and the sexual act it is often natural that one of you take a leading role, but you should try to shift being the leader, either from time to time or during different faces in the sexual act.
SEXUAL MASSAGE
Massage can be a good way of enhancing your sexual excitement. The massage will help you to relax and take away the daily tension and worries. When these disturbing elements are pacified, your mind have greater place for erotic thoughts and feelings. The massage will also directly stimulate the feelings and reactions in your erotic zones. When massaging, begin very gently and increase the intensity gradually. Also approach the most intimate zones of your body gradually. However, do not massage too systematically. Use your fantasy and do some surprising manipulations.
OILS AND OINTMENTS FOR SEXUAL STIMULATION
On the market you can find a lot of oils or ointments you can use during erotic massage that have an arousing scents and a pleasurable consistency. The oils makes the fingers glide more smoothly against the zones you massage and increase the pleasure during the massage. Some of these oils are to be used on greater body parts.
Other oils are especially made to use in the most intimate body zones. These oils will give lubrication to ease intercourse, but will also often have ingredients that directly stimulate feelings and sexual reactions, for example enhancing the erections of the penis, enhancing the engorgement of the female lips and clitoris, increasing the vaginal secretions or creating exciting physical feelings by stimulation of the nerve endings or sensual bodies.

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10 Evocative Erotic Shunga Woodblock Prints

Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
As a dealer of Japanese woodblock prints and shunga in particular I have come across numerous striking and evocative designs. The following 10 shunga designs appeal to me and are in no typical order. These prints I saw in books, on auctions and in private collections.
Kappa Rape - Utamaro
This design is the first print from Utamaro's excellent Uta-makura (Poem of the Pillow) -series published in 1788 and depicts a complex scene with a awabi (abalone) diver watching two kappa(underwater monsters) assaulting a colleague under water. This apparent rape scene is in reality the woman's own fantasie imagining a violent sexual encounter. Also the tightly curled (for the Japanese an expression of high sexual excitement) indicates this is not a rape scene. (Illustrated in Strangers in Paradise - R. Lane on p.14, Ill.131)
Lesbian Couple - Eiri
From Eiri's magnificent Models of Calligraphy published in 1801 an exciting female-female love scene with one of the women (the younger one) wearing a harigata (artificial phallus) and holding a holding a sea shell containing some kind of lubricant. The viewer is struck by the refined beauty reminiscencing the erotic art of ancient Greece. (Illustrated in Japanese Erotic Fantasies - C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel on p.147, Ill.49c)
Chinese Couple - Shigenobu
An extraordinary and extreme scene from Shigenobu's Willow Storm-series (late 1820s) involving a Chinese Couple. The man with his plait curled on top of his shaven head is extracting fluid from the woman's vagina. In his book Sex and the Floating World Timon Screech remarks that Keisai Eisen wrote that such fluids were used as an aphrodisiac and rubbed onto the male's genitals before intercourse. (Illustrated in Japanese Erotic Fantasies - C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel on p.177, Ill.65b)
Western Couple - Shigenobu
From Shigenobu's same marvellous Willow Storm -series a depiction of a Western couple. What's so unique and striking about this design are the Western influences imitating the shading effects of Western copperplate etching. The Western man is represented as a demon like figure. (Illustrated in Japanese Erotic Fantasies - C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel on p.177, Ill.65c)
Tea House - Utamaro
Probably the most acclaimed oban (large format) print within shunga from Utamaro's masterpiece Poem of the Pillow -series depicting two lovers in a private room in a teahouse. The high-quality printing technique, the elegant flowing lines, the composition and the subtle details such as the transparency of the clothing make this one of the most coveted prints. It is whispered that the male lover in this abuna-e (non-explicit print) is actually Utamaro himself. (Illustrated in Japanese Erotic Fantasies - C. Uhlenbeck and M. Winkel on p.130, Ill.39)
Peasant Girl - Kiyonaga
Kiyonaga's Sleeve Scroll (Sode no maki) -series (c.1785) is another highlight of the shunga genre with its unique horizontal hashira-e (pillar print) sized prints. One of the scenes involves a peasant girl and her lover caught in a moment of ecstacy. The girl resting her head on a bundle of charcoal sticks, with her toes curled in sexual bliss. (Illustrated in Vol.24 of The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga - R. Lane)
Horny Maneemon - Harunobu
The sixth plate in 'The Fashionable Lusty Maneemon' series (c.1770) by Harunobu depicts an intriguing scene in the open air with a peasant girl being taken from behind by a man wearing a mask. Her parents are watching while the man claims he is a descendant of Inari, the god of rice. Maneemon also called 'Miniature Man' or 'Imitation Man' who's the main protagonist in this series is a comic mythical character who sits relaxed under a tree on his straw hat. (Illustrated in Japanese Erotic Prints, Shunga by Harunobu & Koryusai - Inge Klompmakers on p.65)
"69" Position - Hokusai
A scene with a totally nude couple in a soixante-neuf position in a perfectly balanced composition. This print is from Hokusai's most celebrated oban series Fukujuso (The Adonis Plant) and is so distinguishing because of the large scale of the portrayed figures. Some shunga lovers call this image the 'Egg'.
(Illustrated in Vol.23 of The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga - R. Lane)
Dutchman - Eiri
A striking depicition of a Dutch captain having intercourse with a beautiful courtesan. They are watched (by the viewer) through a window of a Nagasaki brothel. Behind them on a small table an incense burns in a vessel. This specific detail is on a lot of shunga designs depiciting this theme and it is said this use of incense burning by courtesans was to drive away the smell of their Western clients. The long fingernails of the Dutchman are also a striking detail. Dutch women were not allowed to live in Nagasaki but Japanese courtesans were permitted to enter the compounds. Eiri's Models of Calligraphy was inspired by Utamaro's Poem of the Pillow which also includes a Dutch couple. (Illustrated in Vol.24 of The Complete Ukiyo-e Shunga - R. Lane)

Octopus - Hokusai
Last but definitely not least the most famous of all shunga designs best known as The Dream of the Fisherman's Wifefrom Hokusai's Young Pine Saplings (Kinoe no komatsu)-series. A depiction of an abalone diver abandoned in an ecstatic embrace with two octopuses. For a long time collectors and scholars thought this infinitely fascinating scene to be a rape scene but this has been refuted by Danielle Talerico who discovered that an Edo audience would have associated the image with the 日に焼けるまで 田舎の従姉弟と姉と弟 legend of Tamatori. Also the text in the image indicates the mutual satisfaction between all involved protagonists. (Illustrated in numerous books and on countless sites)