The Tale of the Farmer - Starch Story

Japanese: 田夫物語 - でんぷものがたり

A kana zoshi (traditional Japanese story). Author unknown. Published during the Kan'ei era (1624-44). A debate in the form of a question and answer about the superiority of male and female homosexuality. The title of the book comes from the fact that male homosexual lovers are "kiyashiyamono" (elegant dandies) while female homosexual supporters are "tafusha" (country folk), and it also reflects the popularity of shudo at the time and the tendency to see it as elegant. In a debate in which both sides insult each other, cite historical accounts from Japan and China to give themselves authority, and assert their own legitimacy, the side that upholds common sense in female homosexuality ends up winning, but this debate about the superiority of the two sexes was a theme that was taken up again and again, even in the Hachimonjiya edition.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仮名草子。作者不詳。寛永年間(1624‐44)刊か。問答体の形式をとる男色女色の優劣論。書名の由来は，男色愛好者が〈華奢者（きやしやもの）〉(風流な伊達者)であるのに対し，女色支持者を〈田夫者〉(田舎者)と規定することによっており，当時の衆道の流行ぶり，それを風流とみる風潮もうかがえる。たがいに相手をののしり，和漢の故事を引いては自己を権威づけ，みずからの正当性を主張する論争は，最後は常識的な女色側の勝ちとなるが，この両色優劣論は，八文字屋本に至るまで幾度となく繰り返し取り上げられるテーマであった。

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