*NOTE : Contains some images of an adult erotic nature.

All images - Katsushika Hokusai (1760 -1849)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai

http://visipix.dynalias.com/sites/specials/hokusai/hoku_start.htm

http://vn.360plus.yahoo.com/havutrong/article?mid=60

A post by Special Guest  curator - Paul Rumsey

Note: The following images are of a sexual (albeit bizarre) nature, therefore may be onjectionable to some. View at own discretion. 

Shunga: Erotic Ukiyo-e Japanese prints

Tanuki : Japanese Raccoon dogs

 http://pinktentacle.com/2009/06/all-purpose-tanuki-testicles-prints-by-kuniyoshi/

http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/

http://poetry.rotten.com/pan-asian-kink/

sources and further information

http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/519045422/the-hell-of-great-heat-or-cunt-hell-of-great 
http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/4716164544/more-grotesque-shunga-via-paul-rumsey-via-the
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Metamorphic_Genitalia_and_Fantastical_Sexual_Images
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Grotesque_shunga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki

http://www.printsofjapan.com/Images3/Yoshiiku_tanuki_print.htm

http://www.printsofjapan.com/Yoshiiku_tanukis_page_2.htm

* Special Guest Post by PAUL RUMSEY *

http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/rumsey/

http://www.chappelgalleries.co.uk/exhibitions-05/paul-rumsey/paul-rumsey.htm

http://beautiful-grotesque.posterous.com/the-art-of-paul-rumsey

http://beautiful-grotesque.posterous.com/the-art-of-paul-rumsey-ii

1 +2) Taisho Yoshitoshi 3) Hokusai

1) Utama Kitagawa 2) Iijima Koga 3)  Utagaw Hiroshige

to see more  work by Ishihara http://pinktentacle.com/2010/07/macabre-kids-book-art-by-gojin-ishihara/

"Asleep or awake, that was the only time that I saw a being as beautiful as you. Of course, she was not a human being; and I was afraid of her,--very much afraid,--but she was so white!... Indeed, I have never been sure whether it was a dream that I saw, or the Woman of theSnow."...

from Yuki-Onna (retelling by Lafcadio Hearn of a Japanese folk-tale in the book Kwaidan )

http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/kwai12.htm

http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kwaidan/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn

1) Pat Brennan 2) Jessica Hook

by Britannica Dreams

 http://www.britannicadreams.com/

A Japanese ghost story adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's "Yuki-Onna"(Kwaidan). One evening an old man and his young apprentice, Minokichi, get trapped in a snowstorm and take refuge in a hut. That night, Minokichi is forced to make a bargain that will later be forgotten....
Credits: directed by Michelle, narrated by Simon Taylor (Jester Media), audio production by gToon, additional audio design (snow witch) by Overman. A full list of custom content and production credits can be found here:
http://www.britannicadreams.com/snoww...
Filmed in The Sims 2 (Oct 2006)

The Japanese art of Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World) that originated during the Edo period provide beautiful representation of the landscapes, culture and history of the land of the rising sun. But when the sun sets and darkness falls, the ukiyo-e then turn to the night themes, bizarre erotic couplings and battles with strange beasts and beings come to the fore. Pictured below are a selection of images from the ukiyo-e master of the macabre, Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Ukiyo-e - 

Utagawa Kuniyoshi - http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/