Fumoto no iro
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Fumoto no iro is a novel and treatise on homosexual behavior (nanshoku (男色)) published in Japan
in 1768
that tells the story of a sixty year old gigolo
named Ogiya Yashige. Though fictional, Yashige is considered a precursor to modern Japanese notions of sexual morality, which dictates that (gay) male prostitutes are already past their prime at seventeen years of age. Pubescent boys were anal penetrators; pre-pubescent boys were to be penetrated. This novel also involves unicorns and rainbows but they get killed by an axeman.
Japanese literature
Early works of Japanese literature were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese. Indian literature also had an influence through the diffusion of Buddhism in Japan...
in 1768
1768 in literature
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that tells the story of a sixty year old gigolo
Gigolo
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named Ogiya Yashige. Though fictional, Yashige is considered a precursor to modern Japanese notions of sexual morality, which dictates that (gay) male prostitutes are already past their prime at seventeen years of age. Pubescent boys were anal penetrators; pre-pubescent boys were to be penetrated. This novel also involves unicorns and rainbows but they get killed by an axeman.