"Italian Journey" - Akiko Iriaki

Japanese: 《イタリア紀行》 - いたりあきこう
"Italian Journey" - Akiko Iriaki

… One of the most commonly cited and well-known examples of cross-dressing is that seen at carnivals. For example, Goethe, in his Italian Journey (more precisely, in the volume Second Stay in Rome), vividly describes the scene at the Roman Carnival in January 1788: “Young men, dressed in the finest attire worn by women of the lowest class, bare-chested, unashamed and proud, are usually the first to appear. They indulge in the affections of the men they meet…”

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The Italian Journey" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… さて,女装・男装の例としてよく引かれ,また親しまれているもののひとつは,カーニバルにおけるそれであろう。たとえばゲーテも,その著《イタリア紀行》(正確には《第2次ローマ滞在》の巻)で,〈若い男は最下層の女が着るような晴着を身にまとい,胸もあらわな格好で,恥ずかし気もなく得意満面で,たいていまっさきにあらわれる。彼らは行き会う男たちに甘え,……〉と,1788年1月のローマのカーニバルのようすを生き生きと描写している。…

※「《イタリア紀行》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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