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A work made of black chalk and graphite on cream laid paper.

Sheet of Sketches: Architectural and Erotic Drawings, n.d.

Pierre Antoine Mongin

A work made of woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban yoko-e.

A Courtesan with Her Client, the first sheet of an untitled erotic picture album, c. 1673/81

Hishikawa Moronobu

A work made of ceramic.

Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Erotic Scene, 1100–1470

Chimú

A work made of woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

Lovers in the Garden, from an Untitled Series of Erotic Prints, c. 1673/81

Hishikawa Moronobu

A work made of ceramic.

Jar in the Form of an Erotic Scene, 1200–1470

Chimú-Inca

A work made of ceramic.

Jar in the Form of an Erotic Scene, 1200–1470

Chimú-Inca

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting an Erotic Scene, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting an Erotic Scene, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Spout Vessel Depicting Two Skeletal Figures in Erotic Scene Attached to Handle, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

The insistent lover, from an untitled series of erotic prints, c. 1684/98

Sugimura Jihei

A work made of ceramic.

Blackware Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Couple in an Erotic Embrace, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e.

Lovers with Young Attendant Looking on, from an untitled series of erotic prints, c. 1766

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Handle Spout Vessel Depicting a Couple in an Erotic Embrace, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

After a little music, from an untitled series of 12 erotic prints, c. 1673/81

Hishikawa Moronobu

A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints, c. 1711

Torii Kiyonobu I

A work made of oil paint over charcoal (recto), and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper.

Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso), c. 1781

Henry Fuseli

A work made of ceramic.

Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicing Erotic Scene, 1100–1470

Chimú

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Globular Jar with Modeled Figures in Erotic Scene, 1000–1470

Chancay

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Female and Skeletal Figure in an Erotic Embrace, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of color woodblock print; bai aiban.

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III and (possibly) Satsuma Gengobei in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga”) from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi), About 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho

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