Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan

Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. It traces the origins of pre-Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai.

• | Author: Gary Leupp
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: May 15, 1997
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780520209008
• | ISBN-10: 0520209001