Hokusai Dreaming Shrine
A Shrine to the unconventional and the vast depths of erotic imagination. This sanctum invites you to delve into the depths of story and wild fantasy as we explore other worlds, accepting the unconventional and surrendering to the taboo.
Hokusai - The Dream of The Fisherman's Wife (1814)
Hokusai Dreaming
Gold, Pearl & Diamond Sculpture
Limited Edition - 10 Only
By Colin Burn
Electroformed from pure 24k gold, featuring flawless marquise diamond set eyes and natural sea pearls set into an ornate coral designed shaft. This unique sculpture symbolizes a popular Japanese sexual fantasy known as tentacle erotica.
Artists Inspiration - “My influence came from revered Japanese artist Hokusai through his inspirational Shunga print titled ‘The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife - 1814’ depicting two octopuses making love to a Japanese ama diver. This unique print is well known and spurred a culture within Japanese society known as tentacle erotica. Having spent a great deal of my time in Japan, I was fascinated by this concept and how popular it is within Japanese sexual fantasy. I wanted to create a sculpture that would capture the cultural value of this famous print and its alluring popularity within Japan. My concept was to create elements within the design directly reflective of Hokusai's original work, blending in harmony with my own style of making art. The large octopus in Hokusai's print is represented at the head of the sculpture, with the coral shaft representing the fossilized remains of the ama diver and the pearls being her catch. The tip represents the small octopus while the diamond eyes in the large octopus represent the jewels of the feared Sea Dragon. According to a popular Japanese story, Tamatori the ama diver would steal jewels from the feared Sea Dragon to protect the Emperor and sow them into her breast in sacrifice. The Octopuses are among the Sea Dragons protectors and their sexual liaison with the ama diver in Hokusai's work would have been seen in Edo times as consensual, however it was often depicted differently by western art collectors.”
Amas Luna Storm
Photographic Artworks
By Aaron McPolin
Artists Interpretation - “The inspiration was derived from my understanding of Japan's love of the ocean and the artist Hokusai, with his masterful artwork ‘The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife - 1814’ I imagined a wife longing for her partner to return home from the sea, as she allows her imagination to roll over and manifest all the ways she wants to be consumed, conjuring an oceanic beast to take her in nature's ferocious ways. The ocean is relentless, unforgiving, mysterious and full of unknowns. I wanted to show the embrace and longing for another as the fisherman’s wife is taken by her own imagination wave after wave.”
“I was fascinated by this tentacle erotica concept and how popular it is within Japanese sexual fantasy” - Colin Burn
“Conjuring an oceanic beast to take her in nature's ferocious ways” - Aaron McPolin
