![]() “A person who distributes sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 2 years. In chapter XXII crimes of obscenity, rape, and bigamy, article 175 it states that: The government began heavy censorship to Western ideas, pornography and political writings critical to the emperor of Japan and the government.Ĭensorship increased furthermore from this point onward, especially when the Criminal code of Japan was passed as law no.45. This marked a huge political shift in Japan. Going to the 19th century after the Meiji restoration It states that any material deemed to be disturbing the way of life, as well as luxury publications, came under scrutiny.Īnd under the Tenpō reforms (introduced in 1842) all printing blocks of erotic literature, as well as shunga, were among those seized. This reform is pretty strict, banning the production of all new books unless the city commissioner gave permission.Īfter this order, shunga went underground but it all became worse when the Kansei reform (1798–1801) was passed. The kyoho reforms were an array of economic and cultural policies introduced by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1736. However, publishing became more difficult because of the Kyoho reforms. The Tokugawa shogunate targeted certain activities to censor such as Christianity, criticisms of the shogunate and information on the activities of the Tokugawa clan. Shunga, a Japanese form of erotic art, is thought to have existed ever since the Heian period (704 AD-1185 AD) in some form.įrom the 16th to 19th centuries, shunga works were suppressed by the shogun especially as publishing became more popular in the Edo period (1603–1868). Even if there’s not enough evidence to deduce the exact beginning of hentai, its oldest traces can be dated back to the 16th century where it took the form of Shunga.
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