An entity on LJ (after all, even with names we're still anonymous) edited out information about onnagata in connection with the picture I posted there (previous entry here).
Very odd, her (his?) repeated claims it's not him. Thi translation is from the Urban Dictionary. The key to the mystery may here be:
An onnagata is a Japanese term for a female impersonator.
Onnagata also refers to male kabuki characters who played female parts.
From the medieval period to the 19th century in Japan, various men practised shudo, which is age-structured homosexuality. Because of this, many onnagata moonlighted as prostitutes.
Today, shonen-ai and yaoi are existing types of male homosexuality.
Nanshoku, or "the love of the samurai", may center on a relationship between a samurai and an onnagata.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Have I totally lost it?
Does this look like Benedict (Sherlock) Cumberbatch in Kabuki make-up?
It's from Burlesque Fairytales on this site: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjA2NTc2OTMy.html
Or am I losing it?
Friday, December 24, 2010
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