Namsa-dang (English spelling)

Japanese: 男寺党 - ナムサダン（英語表記）nam‐sa‐dang

Korean traveling entertainers. From the mid-Joseon period onwards, the sadan (also known as jidan, shadang, sedang, shasei, shadang, shadang, etc.) who appear in records were the lowest class of outcasts who had homosexual relations with men called kosa (lay people), and several groups of jidan and kosa would gather together and travel from village to village, performing songs and dances in village squares and other places, currying favor with the audience and even selling sex. In the later Joseon period, when male homosexuality began to be sold, sadan were replaced by young namsadan (male jidan).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮の旅芸人。李朝の中期以後，記録にあらわれるサダン(当て字として寺党，舎堂，捨堂，舎正，社堂，社党，舎党など)は最下層の賤民で，居士（コサ）と称する男と同性愛関係を結び，いくつかの寺党と居士の組が集まって一群となって村から村へと流浪の旅をつづけ，村の広場などで歌舞をみせ，そのとき観客にこびをうり売色をも辞さない旅芸人達であったが，李朝の後期男色を売るようになってサダンは少年のナムサダン(男寺党)にかわった。

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