Male homosexuality

Japanese: 男色 - なんしょく

〘 noun 〙 ("nan" is the go-on pronunciation of "man")① When a man desires another man as a sexual object. Male homosexuality. It became popular in Japan from the late Heian period onwards, and tended to be accepted in Buddhist and samurai society. In the Edo period, it was also seen in townspeople's society, and the pastime of buying young men and kagema (male prostitutes) was openly practiced. Furthermore, there was a succession of literary works that used male homosexuality as a subject, and Ihara Saikaku's "Danshoku Taikan" is famous. Okama. Keikan. Shudo. Danshoku. *Zoku Kojidan (1219), volume 6 "Is there such a thing as male homosexuality in the Han family?"② Appearance that would be the object of ①. Also, that kind of man. Kagema. Chigo. Young man. Male prostitute. ※Suntetsuroku (1606) "'Inside' means a meeting with a woman, and because he likes sex, he follows a woman and gets carried away. It's the same with homosexuality ( 〈note〉 Wakashu)." ※Ukiyozoshi・Amorous Three Generations of Men (1686) 4 "I thought of a certain man 's homosexuality "

Danshoku [male homosexuality]

(Noun) Male homosexuality. (Shudo, the way of the young.) (Nyakudo, the way of the young.) (Chinese Book - Nekoden)

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「なん」は「男」の呉音)① 男性が男性を性欲の対象とすること。男性の同性愛。日本では平安後期以後、流行し、仏家や武家社会では容認されていた傾向がある。江戸時代には町人社会にも見られ、若衆や陰間(かげま)などを買う遊びも公然と行なわれた。また、男色を素材とする文学が続出し、井原西鶴の「男色大鑑」は著名。おかま。鶏姦。衆道。だんしょく。※続古事談（1219）六「漢家に男色の事ありや」② ①の対象となるような容貌。また、そういう男。かげま。ちご。若衆。男娼。※寸鉄録（1606）「『内』と云は、女謁とて、色を好むゆへ、女がたにつきてまぎるるぞ。男色(ナンしょく)（〈注〉ワカシュ）もをなじことなり」※浮世草子・好色三代男（1686）四「ぬしある男色(ナンショク)に思ひかけ」