The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, a shunga (erotic) woodcut made circa 1820 by Hokusai. is an erotic Woodcut of the Ukiyo-e genre made around 1820 by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. is a Japanese term for Erotic Pictures Most shunga are a type of Ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format was a Japanese Artist, Ukiyo-e painter and Printmaker of the Edo period.

Hentai (変態 or へんたい, Hentai^?) listen (help·info) is a Japanese word that, in the West, is used as slang when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation, particularly Japanese anime, manga and computer games (see Japanese pornography). is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer (anime in Japanese, ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Japanese pornography has some unique features which separate it from Pornography in other cultures especially Western Pornography. In Japan it can be used to mean "metamorphosis" or "abnormality". Metamorphosis is a Biological process by which an Animal physically develops after Birth or hatching involving a conspicuous and relatively The word "hentai" has a negative connotation to the Japanese and is commonly used to mean "sexually perverted".

In Japan, sexually explicit material is more often referred to as "jū hachi kin" (18禁; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), "seinen" (成年; adult, not to be confused with 青年 young adult), or with the prefix "ero-|エロ". For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Hentai anime and manga allow elements of sexual fantasy to be represented in ways that would be impossible to film. This may include portrayals of sexual acts which are physically impossible, unacceptable in society, or run counter to social norms. Examples include extreme bondage, creatures with tentacles, and other fetishes. Shunga artists like Yoshitoshi and Kuniyoshi showed gang rape, erotic crucifixion, and even forced late third-trimester abortions by a "cannibal witch". is a Japanese term for Erotic Pictures Most shunga are a type of Ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ( 1839 - June 9, 1892) (月岡 芳年 also named Taiso Yoshitoshi ja 大蘇 芳年 was a Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese 歌川国芳 ( 1797 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese Ukiyo-e style

Meaning of the word

In the 1914 translation of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis, "psychology of abnormal sexuality" was rendered in Japanese as 『変態性慾心理』 (Hentai Seiyoku Shinri). Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing ( August 14 1840 &ndash December 22 1902) was an Austro-German sexologist and Psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing ( August 14 1840 &ndash December 22 1902) was an Austro-German sexologist and Psychiatrist

In Japanese the word hentai is a kanji compound of 変 (hen meaning "change" "weird" or "strange") and 態 (tai meaning "attitude" or "appearance"). is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with Hiragana (ひらがな 平仮名 Katakana The term is used as a shortened form of the phrase 変態性欲 (hentai seiyoku), or "sexual perversion. " In slang, 変態 (hentai) is used as an insult meaning roughly "pervert" or "weirdo". The term is not often applied to pornography in Japan. Instead, terms such as 18-kin (18禁, literally "18-prohibited") meaning "prohibited to those not yet 18 years old", and seijin manga (成人漫画 "adult manga") are used when referring to pornography. The English letters AV are also used, standing for adult video.

The English use of "hentai" is more similar to the way the Japanese use the slang term エッチ (H, etchi, often spelled ecchi), which refers to any sexually explicit content or behavior. Ecchi (or Etchi, from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd" "sexy" "lascivious" Ecchi (or Etchi, from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd" "sexy" "lascivious" Etchi is simply the spelling-out of the Japanese pronunciation of the letter H. The origins of this term are uncertain, but it may be a shortened form of hentai used as a polite codeword in the 1960s.

"H" in Japan is now broadly used to refer to all sexual content or activity, so "H manga" are manga with sexual content. Also, the term "ero" (エロ), short for "erotic" but closer in meaning to "porn", is now used more often instead of "H".

Exactly how the term hentai came to refer to all sexually explicit content in American anime fandom is unknown. With the rise of the World Wide Web, however, the term was extensively promoted by pornographic sites selling access to (frequently bootlegged) erotic manga. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Banner ads promoting these sites might, for instance advertise "live girls and hentai", with the latter meaning erotic manga as opposed to photographs. A web banner or banner ad is a form of Advertising on the World Wide Web. Compare otaku for another word altered somewhat in this transition. is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests particularly Anime, Manga, and Video games.

Hentai classification

There are two main categories of the topic hentai: works that feature mainly heterosexual interactions (often abbreviated "het" by its readers), and those which feature mainly homosexual interactions. This second group can be further split into yaoi and yuri styles. also known by the Wasei-eigo construction, It is unclear whether this was the first instance of this usage of the term Yaoi refers to homosexual male pairings, and yuri to homosexual female pairings. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.

Yaoi commonly features males of ambiguous gender in both physical appearance and mannerisms called bishōnen, which literally means "pretty boy". Gender comprises a range of differences between men and women extending from the biological to the social is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful boy or beautiful youth Some feature biseinen ("beautiful man"), males of more masculine appearance than bishōnen. Less common are bara--larger, often heavily muscled and sometimes hairy males, the yaoi counterpart of the traditional "bear" in gay pornography, as well as oyaji ("daddy" or "uncle"), featuring middle-aged and elderly men. Bear is LGBT slang for those in the bear communities a subculture in the Gay / Bisexual male communities and an emerging subset of Gay pornography is the representation of sex between men with the primary goal of Sexual arousal in its audience In the Japanese language, is an informal word meaning "dad" Yaoi also exists outside of the hentai genre, since it is an ambiguous term that is applied to any form of anime that includes male homosexuality. However, it is different from shōnen-ai (literally, "boy-love"), in which two males simply express romantic feelings for each other and never actually have sexual relations. Women interested in Yaoi are called "Fujoshi" (腐女子), which means "Rotten girl" or "Rotten Woman. "

Yuri is very similar to yaoi, except that the focus is on homosexual female interactions, and the females in a typical yuri illustration or animation tend to be far less realistic than the males in yaoi. The females in yuri are known as "bishōjo," which, predictably, translates as "pretty girl". is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls usually below university age Shōjo-ai ("girl love") is an western term for the female equivalent of shōnen-ai; these works, though, are called yuri too in Japan.

The scope of hentai encompasses the entire range of sexual fetishes, including:

• Bakunyū, the depiction of women with large breasts. Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the Sexual attraction to materials and objects not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature is a genre of Pornographic media focusing on the depiction of women with large Breasts (usually around an H cup see Bra sizes) Literally translated to "bursting breasts".
• BDSM, focusing on domination through use of ropes, tools, sex toys, and elaborate devices. A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used in facilitating human sexual pleasure. Themes can include empowerment, restriction, and submitting to sexual urges.
• Bestiality
• Breast-oriented torture and Breast bondage, BDSM practices focusing on breasts, many times coupled with Bakunyuu, but usually not as severe as Guro. Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον ( zṓion, "animal" and φιλία ( philia, "friendship" or "love" is a Paraphilia Breast bondage is a technique used in BDSM play It differs from most bondage techniques in that it is not intended to restrict the mobility of the tied person directly
• Bukkake, a common representation of a female having as many males as possible ejaculate on her. Bukkake (Japanese ブッカケ (1 IPA /bu̜ˈkke̞/ 2 IPA /bʊˈkæke/ is a sexual practice that features a person being ejaculated on by multiple men Often depicted in public or in areas with a large number of males present.
• Coprophilial and urolagnial is fairly common in hentai as well, but they are portrayed in more exaggerated forms, such as bowel movements that border on elephant size to over-the-top scenes of enema play that are more cartoonish. Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος kópros - excrement and φιλία filía - liking fondness) also called scat, is the Paraphilia Urolagnia (also urophilia, undinism) is a Sexual activity in which participants derive sexual pleasure from Urine and/or Urination
• Ecchi, focusing on nudity, partial nudity, and provocative clothing rather than pure sex. Ecchi (or Etchi, from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is derived from a Japanese word meaning "lewd" "sexy" "lascivious"
• Exhibitionism, often non-consensual, often taken to illogical (hours of public nudity without any police interference, for example) extremes. Although the implications of each may overlap in special circumstances generally exhibitionism is not to be confused with Indecent exposure.
• Futanari (Futa), a depiction of females who have some form of male genitalia. Futanari (二成 二形 ふたなり a Compound word meaning "two form" in Japanese can mean both the subjects of a special type of pornographic Occasionally, the size of the penis and/or testicles is inflated to proportions that are physically impossible. The male genitalia can also come from inside the vagina, or right above it, in the latter case this creates a female body with both sexes.
• Guro, focusing on imaginative gore and mutilation. is a Wasei-eigo term that describes a loose genre in Japanese art and music that merges the Disgusting with the Erotic.
• Incest, sex with a close family member. Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family that is illegal or socially Taboo.
• Klismaphilia, erotic enema play, usually used in BDSM scenarios. Klismaphilia (sometimes spelled Klysmaphilia) is a Paraphilia involving Enemas (introducing liquids into the rectum and colon via the anus An enema (plural enemata or enemas) is the procedure of introducing liquids into the Rectum and colon via the Anus. It is sometimes followed by "belly expansion"
• Koonago, where women are shrunk down and endure a variety of torture
• Erotic lactation
• Lolicon, depicts prepubescent or preadolescent girls. is a branch of Anime and Manga, especially Hentai, that has sprung up based around the concept of shrinking mature age women to sizes anywhere between two feet high Erotic lactation refers to an adult's sexual arousal from being breastfed also romanized as rorikon, is a Slang Portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex" CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder Preadolescence is a stage of human development through Childhood that occurs in a child's years before Adolescence.
• Maiesiophilia
• Omorashi (オモラシ / おもらし / お漏らし, Omorashi^?) in which individuals struggle with a full bladder before finally wetting themselves. Pregnancy fetishism (also known as maiesiophilia or maieusophoria) is a term used to describe the contexts in which Pregnancy is seen by individuals and is a Fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the is a Fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the
• Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
• Shotacon, the depiction of young boys having intercourse, depicting young boys with older women, known as "straight shota" in western jargon. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience sometimes shortened to, is a Japanese term for a Sexual complex where a person is sexually attracted towards a young and/or underage boy
• Tentacle sex, the depiction of tentacled creatures and sometimes monsters (imaginative or otherwise, also includes alien like creatures) engaging in sex or rape with girls and less often men
• Yiff, The dipiction of animals, usually with human characteristics, having sex with other yiff characters or humans. Furry fandom is a Fandom devoted to anthropomorphic animal

Hentai media

• Adult anime, or H anime, is anime that relies primarily on sex. This is a list of Hentai Anime. (This list does not include fan parodies.
• Adult manga, or H Manga, is manga designed for purely pornographic purposes. is a Japanese word that in the West is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation particularly Japanese Anime, Plot is still used to develop character and setting, but most of the time, the ultimate goal is to show scenes of sexuality with few exceptions. Adult manga is often sold in convenience stores, book stores, and magazine stores in Japan, and also other public places such as airports, and is far more prolific and accessible than the US adult comic book market. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative It is usually distributed in digest format, containing several stories by different artists.
• Adult CG artwork includes individual drawings by artists. CG is a term most commonly known in the West for its use in Japanese webpages to denote digital artwork Art can be available on websites, CD-ROMs, or in printed art books. CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable CG artwork is used frequently in adult video games.
• Adult video games, or eroge, are games with a pornographic element. An is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content usually in the form of Anime -style artwork They can include bishōjo games that involve character driven plots, and can exist as sex simulations. A,or girl game, gal game is a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive Anime girls Simulation is the imitation of some real thing state of affairs or process
• Adult Dōjinshi, or H dōjinshi, refers to a type of work that uses copyrighted characters presented in sexual situations. often romanized as doujin, is a general Japanese term for a group of people or friends who share an interest activity hobbies or achievement It usually refers to printed manga, but can also refer to any type of visual work depicting copyrighted characters, including video games, animation, and CG artwork. Familiarity with a particular character or setting can add a sense of relating to the character over a generic character used in mainstream hentai, making dōjinshi more appealing to fans of a particular work. Despite not representing characters and licensed properties as intended, companies often view these works as a free form of license recognition and advertising through dedicated fandom. Some mangakas create hentai dojinshi with characters from their own manga, such as Kazushi Hagiwara, who himself created Bastard - Expansion, a pornographic dōjin with characters from Bastard!!. is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga Bastard!!. is a Manga by Kazushi Hagiwara. It first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Jump, in 1988, and continues to be published irregularly today in
• In Western fanfiction circles, hentai-based works are popularly referred to as "lemon," based on a more popular hentai title called Cream Lemon. Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF or fic) is a broadly defined term for Fiction about characters or settings is an H anime series with some in-depth storylines and classic (late 1970s to early 1980s style artwork Fictions referred to as "Lime" are ones in which the characters do everything short of having sexual intercourse with each other. In Japan, the works may be referred to as "lemon" or "pink" ("pink" having sexual connotations similar to the term "lime" in the west). Pink is a pale Red Color that was first recorded in the 17th century to describe the pale red Flowers of pinks, Flowering plants
• Hobbyists often add an extreme adult element to sculptures, models, figures, dolls, mannequins, or outfits.

See also

• Anime
• Bishōjo game
• Bishōjo
• Bishōnen
• Cartoon pornography
• Eroge
• Ero guro
• List of hentai anime
• List of hentai authors (groups, studios, production companies, circles)
• Lolicon
• Manga
• Panchira
• Shotacon
• Shunga
• Yaoi
• Yuri (term)

External links

• Dictionary of Japan Sex
• Hentai: Past and Present
• The "hentai" thread at The Society for the Study of Modern Image Board Culture—comparative English and Japanese uses of the word. (anime in Japanese, A,or girl game, gal game is a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive Anime girls is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls usually below university age is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful boy or beautiful youth Cartoon pornography is the portrayal of illustrated or animated fictional characters in erotic or sexual situations An is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content usually in the form of Anime -style artwork is a Wasei-eigo term that describes a loose genre in Japanese art and music that merges the Disgusting with the Erotic. This is a list of Hentai Anime. (This list does not include fan parodies. This page lists people groups and companies that produce develop publish or distribute Hentai material also romanized as rorikon, is a Slang Portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex" ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly means Upskirt in Japan. The word is a Portmanteau of and chira, the Japanese sound symbolism representing a glance or glimpse sometimes shortened to, is a Japanese term for a Sexual complex where a person is sexually attracted towards a young and/or underage boy is a Japanese term for Erotic Pictures Most shunga are a type of Ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format also known by the Wasei-eigo construction, It is unclear whether this was the first instance of this usage of the term
• "A Short History of 'Hentai'", by Mark McLelland
• "A Short History of 'Hentai'", by Mark McLelland, Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, Issue 12, January 2006. Footnoted HTML version.
• 'H' does not mean 'hentai' via the Internet Archive