Some images

Here is a small preview of some of the material that we will cover in class.


Prostitutes and patrons in the licensed quarter,
illustration from Life of an Amorous Woman (1686)


A warrior, his lover, and a servant
illustration and page of text from Great Mirror of Male Love (1687)


Tokubei and Ohatsu as they prepare to commit suicide,
puppets performing the drama Love Suicide at Sonezaki (1703)


Moga (modern girls) circa 1920
cover for Girls Illustrated, Takabatake Koshô


Wife as object of desire,
illustration from Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's The Key (1956)


Takarazuka otokoyaku (performers of male roles),
Tuxedo Dance number (2005)


New vision of the nuclear family in Hashiguchi Ryôsuke's Hush! (2001)


Episode 1 of Murakami Maki's Gravitation


Reactionary model of Japanese masculinity,
critiqued by Hoshino Tomoyuki in Lonely Hearts Killer (2004)