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-'''Shudo''' (&#34886;&#36947;) 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. [[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. Today, Japanese homosexuality paralles closely western practices.
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-==See also==
+[[Category:LGBTQ culture in Japan]]
-*[[Shonen-ai]]
-==External Links==
-* [http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm The Beautiful Way of the Samurai]