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'''Shudo''' (衆道) is the Japanese tradition of age-structured [[homosexuality]] prevalent in [[samurai]] society from the [[medieval]] period until the end of the [[19th century]]. Its legendary founder is [[Kukai]], also known as [[Kobo Daishi]], the founder of the [[Shingon]] school of [[Buddhism]], who is said to have brought over from China, together with the teachings of the [[Buddha]], the teachings of male love. |
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[[Image:Samurai kiss.jpg|left|thumb|350px|'''[[Samurai]] and youth'''<br> Tryst between a samurai and a youth. [[Kabuki]] actors who play female roles are known as [[onnagata]]. In the [[Edo]] period (1600-1868) kabuki actors often worked as [[prostitute]]s offstage. [[Kagema]] were male prostitutes who worked at specialist brothels called "kagemajaya" (kagema tea houses). Both kagema and kabuki actors were much sought after by the sophisticates of the day, who often practiced [[nanshoku]], male love.<br> |
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[[Miyagawa Isshô]], ca. 1750; Panel from a series of ten on a [[shunga]]-style painted hand scroll (kakemono-e); sumi, color and gofun on silk. Private collection.]] |
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[[Mount Koya]], where Kobo Daishi's monastery is still located, was a byword for male love up to the end of the pre-modern period. The teachings of shudo, "The Way of the Young," entered the literary tradition and can be found in such as works as [[Hagakure]], "Hidden by Leaves," and other [[samurai]] manuals. Shudo, in its pedagogic, martial, and aristocratic aspects, is closely analogous to the ancient Greek tradition of [[pederasty]]. |
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With the decline in power and influence of the warrior class the practice of shudo also declined, and homoerotic expression in Japan began to be more closely associated with travelling [[kabuki]] actors known as [[tobiko]], "fly boys," who moonlighted as [[prostitute]]s. |
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As Japan opened up to the west, [[Christian]] values began to infiltrate the culture, leading to a final decline of sanctioned homoerotic practices in the late 1800s. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Shonen-ai]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm The Beautiful Way of the Samurai] |
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