SUNTORY MUSEUM of ART posss the biggt llectn of Japane arts and crafts Japan. Collectn Database [Yoshiwara gay quarters]
Contents:
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. 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.
茶屋 = GAY QUARTERS?
So 茶室 is tradnal tea hoe and 茶屋 is gay tea hoe? * edo period japan gay *
Throughout the 19th century, the Kgdom of Buganda was credibly permissive of homosexualy.
Kabaka Mwanga II who led the latter half of the 19th century was wily regnized as gay by the cizens of Buganda, spe marryg over a dozen women.