XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc, rec.arts.comics.misc
From: yaniv_tempelman@hispeed.ch
Hello,
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> Lee Ratner writes:
>>> It sounds interesting. The reason why I find the topic of what
>>> Japanese parents tolerate in manga and anime interesting is because the
>>> tolerance is relevatively recent. During Japan's Imperial Era, there
>>> was serious censorship in all media. Japanese censors did not allow any
>>> romantic kissing in movies, both domestic and foreign, until after the
>>> American occupation. Much of what is allowed in anime and manga now
>>> would be impossible before 1945.
>> In moving pictures, maybe, but Shunga (erotic pictures, mostly ukiyo-e,
>> some kakemono-e) were widely drawn and sold across Japan since the Heian
>> period. The Tokugawas tried to shut it down several times, but didn't
>> really manage it. The only thing that apparently shut them down for
>> good, according to Wikipedia, was the introduction of photography, which
>> simply moved the problem to another medium. :)
>>
>> -=Eric
>
> During the Meji the forces of westernization destroyed a lot of
> the old fertility cult symbols around the nation. This was to gain
> respect from the Christian-based Western nations. These fertility
> fetishes were largely phallic pillars, I believe.
It's important to consider however that old sexual practices like yobai
("night visits") still persisted in the japanese countryside even
until/after WWII. I recommend the manga "Hanazono merry go round" from
female author Kashiwagi Haruko to get an idea about it. Here are some
pictures (some are not worksafe):
http://www.donmai.ch/Manga Reviews/hanazono/hanazono.html
--
Yaniv Tempelman
http://ani.donmai.ch (german)
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