Tales of idolized boys : male-male love in medieval Japanese Buddhist narratives /

"In medieval Japan (14th-16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received a premier education in Buddhist scriptures, poetry, music, and dance. When the boys reached adolescence, some underwent comi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmidt-Hori, Sachi, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1185-1600
Japanese fiction > 1185-1600 > History and criticism.
Male homosexuality in literature.
Buddhist stories, Japanese > History and criticism.
Buddhist acolytes > Japan > History.
Buddhist acolytes in literature.
Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese.
Buddhist acolytes.
Buddhist stories, Japanese.
Japanese fiction.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chigo Monogatari: Central Themes, Archetypes, and the Politics and Aesthetics of Acolyte-Monk Love
  • A Booklet of Acolytes: An Erotic Handscroll of Five Capricious Boys
  • The Mountain: An Acolyte Tale of Traversals, Transformations, and Triumph
  • The Chigo Known as Miss Rookie: When an Acolyte Falls in Love with an Aristocratic Lady.

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