Hilarious! Early modern Japanese porno-artistic paintings “Shunga”

The Metro Classic Japanese Podcast

"Japanese culture, once upon a time, encouraged and celebrated sex openly. Now we do so secretly."
Shungas are windows to the sexually liberal lives of 17th to 19th century Japanese people, and a vital hint to solving the mysterious gap between the clean, polite and disciplined image of Japan and the fact that the keywords "Japanese" and "Hentai" became No. 1 and 2 (respectively) search words on Pornhub in 2019.
Show host Kyota Ko presents to you a hilarious explanation of Japanese people's little historical secrets.
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