Centuries-obsolete works of art depicting graphic sex are being displayed in a tiny Tokyo museum with curators wanting the public to appreciate their ‘humour Japan’s adult movie industry is among the biggest in the world,and its range of pornographic manga is eclectic and ubiquitous. But it has taken centuries-obsolete works of art for the country to challenge official reticence towards graphic depictions of sex.
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of people possess flocked to a tiny museum in suburban Tokyo to cast their eyes over woodblock prints and paintings of couples, and sometimes groups,in the throes of sexual ecstasy.
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Source: theguardian.com