Elegant Amorous Mane’emon (Furyu enshoku Mane’emon) - A young female role actor (onnagat
Elegant Amorous Mane’emon (Furyu enshoku Mane’emon) - A young female role actor (onnagata) makes love to his/her patron, 1770In Edo-period Japan, a man could take a younger male lover. At a tea-house near the Kabuki theaters, the young female role specialists (onnagata) worked as prostitutes. Here, an attractive youth stimulates himself as he mounts his client. The narcissi on his robe are a symbol of male love. The ‘Bean Man’ comments, 'Good heavens, the method of having male sex involves some elaborate artwork.’ -- source link
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