A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Edo-Period Prints and Paintings (1600-1868)

by Joshua S Mostow and Asato Ikeda

Gender relations were complex in Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). Wakashu, male youths, were desired by men and women, constituting a "third gender" with their androgynous appearance and variable sexuality. For the first time outside Japan, A Third Gender examines the fascination with wakashu in Edo-period culture and their visual representation in art, demonstrating how they destabilize the conventionally held model of gender binarism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888545142
• ISBN13: 9780888545145
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Brill Hotei
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.6" x 11.6"