MFA Images: EroticaExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/750782/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91The Asazuma-bune in Cloud and RainBunsei (1818–30) to Tenpô (1830–44) erasTeisai HokubaRES.09.243277797/internal/media/dispatcher/900562/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Brocades of the CapitalKyōhō (1716–36) to Genbun (1736–41) erasNishikawa SukenobuRES.09.255277848/internal/media/dispatcher/1088489/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Collection of Suggestive PicturesAbout late Tenmei (1781–89) to early Kansei (1789–1801) erasKatsukawa ShunchōRES.09.239277791/internal/media/dispatcher/764414/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Comparison of Passionate Womenabout Bunka (1804–18) to Bunsei (1818–30) erasChōbunsai EishiRES.09.249277811/internal/media/dispatcher/790521/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Crossed PhalloiRES.08.32L277462/internal/media/dispatcher/1088512/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91The Elephant's LeashBunka era (1804–18)Chōbunsai EishiRES.09.232277740/internal/media/dispatcher/993506/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Enshi gojū yojō (Amorous Murasaki Finds Pleasure in Fifty-some Chapters )1835 (Tenpō 6)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)2007.63.1-3494257/internal/media/dispatcher/1088525/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Erotic Contest of FlowersHôei era (1704–11)Torii Kiyonobu IRES.09.234277763/internal/media/dispatcher/848851/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Erotic figures332 B.C.–A.D. 33766.323164057/internal/media/dispatcher/749407/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Erotic PaintingsNishikawa SukenobuRES.09.300277928/internal/media/dispatcher/1376154/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Five Couplings, Five SeductionsMeiwa era (1764–72)Tsukioka SetteiRES.09.301277929/internal/media/dispatcher/764413/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Foolish Gamesabout early Kansei era (1789–1801)Katsukawa Shun'eiRES.09.273277875/internal/media/dispatcher/599087/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Grotesque figure with phallus emerging from head1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.RES.08.32d152779/internal/media/dispatcher/1114695/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91High-handled drinking cup (kantharos) with erotic scenesabout 520–510 B.C.Nikosthenes95.61153641/internal/media/dispatcher/1376153/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Incantations to the Female-Male PrincipleAn'ei era (1772–81)Tsukioka SetteiRES.09.242277796/internal/media/dispatcher/992909/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91(Kacho yojô) Azuma Genji (Deep Feelings of Birds and Flowers: Genji of the East)1837 (Tenpô 8)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)2007.64.1-3494258/internal/media/dispatcher/945282/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Kôken tei no monko Yuge no Dôkyô kensei no zu1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1)Utagawa Hiroshige IIIRES.09.231277733/internal/media/dispatcher/799816/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91The Lovers1913Käthe Kollwitz58.39059576/internal/media/dispatcher/605072/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Lovers1908Abraham Walkowitz40.681156906/internal/media/dispatcher/1030849/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Lovers (mithuna)13th century1987.62223009/internal/media/dispatcher/998000/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Momongawa (Private Stories for the Unlettered)1827 (Bunsei 10)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)2007.71.1-3494265/internal/media/dispatcher/948356/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91No. 20 from the series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon)about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)Suzuki Harunobu21.4511232188/internal/media/dispatcher/1078562/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91One Man Making Love to Ten Womenabout Kyôwa (1801–04) - early Bunka (1804–18) erasArtist unknown, JapaneseRES.09.275277877/internal/media/dispatcher/1376152/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Pictures to Quench the Fire and Avoid Bewitchmentabout late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) erasTsukioka SessaiRES.09.235277771/internal/media/dispatcher/756786/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91The Promise of Springabout late Genroku era (1688–1704)Hishikawa MoronobuRES.09.254277843/internal/media/dispatcher/788712/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Satyr200–50 B.C.RES.08.32b152769/internal/media/dispatcher/900847/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Scenes of Dalliance in Interior Settingslate Kan'ei (1624–44) to Kanbun (1661–73) erasKano schoolRES.09.230277731/internal/media/dispatcher/1298090/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Scroll for the Sleeve (Sode no maki)about 1785 (Tenmei 5)Torii KiyonagaRES.09.319277959/internal/media/dispatcher/1088502/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Sexy Robes of the BedchamberShôtoku era (1711–16)Okumura MasanobuRES.09.241277795/internal/media/dispatcher/993328/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Shaka hassô yamato bunko (A Japanese Version of the Life of the Buddha)1859 (Ansei 6)Utagawa Kunimori II2007.61.1-4494255/internal/media/dispatcher/993505/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Shaka hassô zoku yamato bunko (A Japanese Version of the Life of the Buddha, Continued)1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1)Utagawa Kunimori II2007.62.1-4494256/internal/media/dispatcher/776821/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Two Figuresabout 1914Henri Gaudier-Brzeska66.211261332/internal/media/dispatcher/1765264/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Two Nudes (Lovers)1913Oskar Kokoschka1973.19634173/internal/media/dispatcher/1091620/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Ukiyonosuke Meets Ofuji and Osen, No. 1 from the series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon)about 1765–70 (Meiwa 2–7)Suzuki HarunobuRES.09.318.1277958/internal/media/dispatcher/1053329/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6DD1669CAC7598FEBA7BC071182FFE91Young Lovers with a Clockabout 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)Suzuki Harunobu11.19714226440