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YOSHIWARA GAY QUARTERS
* edo period japan gay *
Pre-Meiji Rtoratn Japan, pecially the Edo perd, is rife wh historil referenc to posively portrayed homosexual behavr.
茶屋 = GAY QUARTERS?
So 茶室 is tradnal tea hoe and 茶屋 is gay tea hoe? * edo period japan gay *
Three ancient practic have been intified as homosexual by scholars: shudō, wakashudō, and nanshoku. Japan stands alone as a pellg se where wtern fluence played a role the velopg homophobia of a natn, but at the hands of the natn’s lears and scholars themselv. Throughout the 19th century, the Kgdom of Buganda was credibly permissive of homosexualy.