Tales of idolized boys : male-male love in medieval Japanese Buddhist narratives

Author(s)

• Schmidt-Hori, Sachi

Bibliographic Information

Tales of idolized boys : male-male love in medieval Japanese Buddhist narratives

Sachi Schmidt-Hori

University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2021

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-222) and index

Contents of Works

• Chigo monogatari : central themes, archetypes, and the politics and aesthetics of acolyte-monk love
• A booklet of acolytes : an erotic handscroll of five capricious boys
• The mountain : an acolyte tale of traversals, transformations, and triumph
• The chigo Known as Miss Rookie : when an acolyte falls in love with an aristocratic lady

Details

• NCID: BC10720241
• ISBN:
  • 9780824886790
• LCCN: 2021012053
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 232 p., [10] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL777.33.H59
  • DC23 : 895.63/2093538086642
  • DC23 : 895.632093538086642
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japanese fiction -- 1185-1600 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Male homosexuality in literature
  • LCSH : Buddhist stories, Japanese -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Buddhist acolytes -- Japan -- History
  • LCSH : Buddhist acolytes in literature
  • LCSH : Buddhist acolytes in literature.GBC2M5651