Ero guro nansensu
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Ero guro nansensu is a specific set of cultural trends that arose during the Shōwa era in Japan. Ero guro nansensu is a wasei-eigo word derived from the English words erotic, grotesque, and nonsense.
"The Sada Abe Panic" May 1936. Newspapers of the time reported on crowds gathered in the streets following news of the Sada Abe Incident, noting the nonsensical nature of the incident.
Ero guro
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Ero guro is an artistic genre that puts its focus on eroticism, sexual corruption, and decadence. As a term, it is used to denote something that is both erotic and grotesque.
Ero guro nansensu
…of bizarre and grotesque media. That same year, Yumeno Kyūsaku published his novel Binzume no Jigoku (瓶詰の地獄). Around this time, nansensu was added to ero guro as a buzzword that draws from the established sense of erotic grotesqueness to convey a certain style of media, culture and lifestyle. The 1932 publication…
Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse, early 1867 ero guro