Ama diver and octopus, by tattoo artist Marie Makowski, is very much in the tradition of the dream of the fisherman’s wife.

I found an interesting take on the enduring popularity of tentacle porn in Japan:

"Contemporary censorship in Japan dates to the Meiji period (late 1900s). These so-called ‘obscenity’ laws are still in force today but how this term is interpreted has not remained constant. Exposed genitalia are still illegal but the variety of acceptable sexual acts is now broad in comparison with other progressive countries.

Artists found a handy way around the obscenity law. Instead of creating sensual scenes between humans, they included creatures with tentacles. Their ‘penis’ tentacles were just part of the creature and therefore not obscene"

Here are some more fisherfolk having tentacle troubles:

Animalz 7 - Giuseppe Petrilli

Red octopus with geisha - Fabio Barboni

Lust - Chomas

Title unknown - Sisyu

Tattooed female with orange octopus - Randy Hall

Octopus - Hajime Sorayama

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    51 year ago

    I love how Japan just went “We’ll just get new fetishes, with blackjack and crack tentacles.”