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Spring Pastimes
Nanshoku-type tryst between a samurai and a boyfriend. Young kabuki actors who played female roles were known as onnagata or kagema and doubled as sex workers. They were much sought after by the sophisticates of the day.
Miyagawa Isshô, ca. 1750; Shunga hand scroll (kakemono-e); sumi, color and gofun on silk. Private collection.

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20:05, 30 October 2006 User:Pschemp 580×409 72 KB '''Spring Pastimes'''<br><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nanshoku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanshoku (page does not exist)">Nanshoku</a>-type tryst between a <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a> and a boyfriend. Young <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kabuki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kabuki (page does not exist)">kabuki</a> actors who played female roles were known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Onnagata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Onnagata (page does not exist)">onnagata</a> or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kagema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kagema (page does not exist)">kagema</a> and doubled as sex workers. They were much sought after by the sophisticates o

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