Joshua S. Mostow | Asato Ikeda A third gender

beautiful youths in Japanese Edo-period prints and paintings (1600-1868)

Gender relations were complex in Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). Wakashu, male youths, were desired by men and women, constituting a "third gender" with their androgynous appearance and variable sexuality. This book examines the fascination with wakashu in Edo-period culture. The book reproduces over a hundred works, mostly woodblock prints and illustrated books from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book is based on the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, which houses the largest collection...

Engels | 215 pagina's | Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario | 2016

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