The museum's "Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art" is one of three shows on across Britain dedicated to traditional Japanese erotica, pleasure and Kabuki theatre from 1600 to 1900.

Lady Mariko and Ochiba are among "Shōgun's" women who navigated their social constraints in feudal Japan to live on their own terms.

Contents Antinomies : transiting modernity in Japanese art history -- Interface : between visuality and alterity -- Stratigraphy : facing the Eyeless sutras -- Anti-aesthetics : materiality and ...