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Since The Turkish Baths (1863) by the French painter Ingres, the Far Eastern woman has, to many, been a symbol of out of reach or forbidden pleasures. Seafaring explorers, military adventurers and simple travellers from Europe over the centuries have all been enthralled by the exotic nature of the Asian woman, her foreignness accentuated by the gentle pallor of her skin. Thus arose the myth that she, of all women, was in possession of the knowledge of certain refined pleasures.
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Length1 hr 3 mins
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Publish dateMar 22, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Forbidden Asia Forbidden Asia
2— Dai Hao, 6th century
3Main Artists
4Kunisada, Utagawa
5Utamaro, Kitagawa
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6BOUND HAPPINESS - CHINESE EROTICISM
7The Yin-Yang pairing introduces us directly
8Anonymous Master of the Kangxi period
9Scene from Rouputuan, ‘The Prayer Mat of Flesh’
10the sky and the earth, it rules Yin and
11towards their doom.’ The split in the Universe
12education in the art of love-making for young
13sexual positions:
14Box Featuring Erotic Images
15vulgar. Even the European notion of ‘eroticism’
16but also without vulgarity in the verses of a
17popular Chinese song:
18In the erotic images of paintings on silk or
19a pornographic manner, but always in a
20favoured place in Chinese iconography.
21idea of a blaze of passion.
22from ejaculation, a truly prodigious invention
23obtains from him the pure essence of Yang. For
24crossing of the divide between masculine
25forces than with the forces of life.
26passes through the spinal column directly to
27degeneration of the spinal chord and a
28drying-out of the brain!
29Emperor and one of his mistresses, a simple
30young girl:
31the fight against fire, so woman gains in the
3219th century Paper, 27 x 32 cm
33and Yang?’
34peace in the heart and strength of the will. The
3519th century Paper, 26.8 x 32.1 cm
36as often as possible and even at an advanced
37If his concentration suffers, the forces of his
3819th century Diameter: 12 cm
3918th and 19th centuries
40to one woman, the success of this method will
41love with ten women or more during the course
42of one night.’
43their own.
44From the 10th century onwards, cities as
45a part of this.
46as well as the subordination of personal
47passions to the laws of family and the state.
48These philosophical detours can no doubt
49lead to a loss of spontaneity in one’s feelings
50oh-so-subtle control of natural impulses perhaps