Teraoka, Masami

(Japan / USA)

   Contemporary artist who works in the traditional Ukiyo-e style but with the inclusion of modern objects and contexts, often with a humorous tone. Her subjects range from AIDS to popular culture

   Reproductions: Aids series: Geisha in bath; watercolor; 1988; Juxtapose presents: erotic 2, c1998: p. 14 . AIDS series: woman at balcony; 1987; chine colle etching; Olley, 2005 p. 148 [C]. Ku-nisada eclipsed; 1995; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 146 [c]. New wave series: female condom tale; watercolor; 1992; Juxtapose presents: erotic 2, c1998: 15 [c]. Sarah and octopus/seventh heaven; 2001; woodblock; Olley, 2005 p. 149 [C]. Wave series: tattooed woman at Sandy Beach; watercolor; 1984: Juxtapose presents: erotic 2, c1998: pp. 8-9 [c]. Wave series: tattooed woman at Sunset Beach; watercolor; 1984: Juxtapose presents: erotic 2, c1998: p. 11 [c]. Woman at a balcony; 1988; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 189 [c].

   Source: Elizabeth Pepin, "Masami Teraoka: coming of age in the Floating World," Juxtapose presents: erotica vol. 2 (1998): 8-15, ill.; Masami Teraoka and Gerard Haggerty, Teraoka erotica: erotic works by Masami Teraoka, 1968-1984 (Santa Barbara: Contemporary Arts Forum, 1985), 14 p., ill.