The Way of the Octopus: How Does Japanese Erotica Challenge Western Ideas?

Tentacle Erotica.

Shunga, or Japanese Erotic Art, has been put on a stand and questioned over and over: are you art? or are you pornography? Now, without getting into questioning if there could be something that is pornography and art, let’s ask ourselves: why do we question shunga?

While my opinion is more resolute on most of the Japanese erotic art made…