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The Cosmology of Male-Male Love in Medieval Japan: Nyakudō no kanjinchō and the Way of Youths |
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Porath, Or
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Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Volume | v.4 n.2-3 |
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| Date | 2015.01 |
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| Pages | 241 - 271 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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http://www.brill.com/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | cosmology; male-male sexuality; chigo/dōji; medieval Japan; Buddhism |
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| Abstract | Scholars have investigated the Japanese tradition of male-male love that arose in the context of the secular and commercial culture of the early modern era. Less often noted is the role of male-male sexuality within a religious framework. This article sheds light on the unexplored religious dimension of medieval Japanese male-male sexuality through an analysis of Ijiri Matakurō Tadasuke’s Nyakudō no kanjinchō (1482) and its Muromachi variant. Both works glorify male-male sexual acts and endorse their proper practice. I suggest that Kanjinchō attempts to perpetuate power relations that maintain the superiority of adult monks over young acolytes. Kanjinchō achieves this through constructing its own cosmology, built on a Buddhist cosmogony, soteriology, a pantheon of divinities and ethical norms, which, in effect, endows homoeroticism with sacrality. My analysis of Kanjinchō provides a nuanced understanding of male-male sexuality in Japanese Buddhism and the ideological context in which the text is embedded. |
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| ISSN | 22118330 (P); 22118349 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1163/22118349-00402007 |
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| Hits | 116 |
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| Created date | 2017.03.15 |
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| Modified date | 2020.05.04 |
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