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*''Other Names'': 男色 ''(nanshoku)''
*''Japanese'': 衆道 ''(shudou, or shuudou)'', 若衆道 ''(wakashudou, or wakashuudou)''
''Shudô'' was a samurai custom in which adult samurai engaged in pederastic relationships with younger samurai. This custom is most prominently seen, or discussed, in the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo period]]s.
The older man in the relationship, known as the ''nenja'' (念者), and the younger man, known by a variety of terms including ''[[wakashu|wakashû]]'' (若衆), formed a close, tight personal relationship with one another. A ''nenja'' typically engaged in such relationships with only one ''wakashû'' at a time, and vice versa. Though much discussion today, based in modern/Western social mores about homosexual relationships, focus strongly on the homosexual sexual acts involved in the relationship, ''shudô'' relationships went beyond this, and were strong personal and sentimental or emotional relationships, which involved as well strong elements of mentorship. Mentorship and training in the "warrior" lifestyle and values of the samurai was a major element of the relationship.
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==References==
*Maki Morinaga, "The Gender of Onnagata as the Imitating Imitated," ''positions'' 10:2 (2002), 245-284.
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[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Japanese'': 衆道 ''(shudou, or shuudou)'', 若衆道 ''(wakashudou, or wakashuudou)''
''Shudô'' was a samurai custom in which adult samurai engaged in pederastic relationships with younger samurai. This custom is most prominently seen, or discussed, in the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo period]]s.
The older man in the relationship, known as the ''nenja'' (念者), and the younger man, known by a variety of terms including ''[[wakashu|wakashû]]'' (若衆), formed a close, tight personal relationship with one another. A ''nenja'' typically engaged in such relationships with only one ''wakashû'' at a time, and vice versa. Though much discussion today, based in modern/Western social mores about homosexual relationships, focus strongly on the homosexual sexual acts involved in the relationship, ''shudô'' relationships went beyond this, and were strong personal and sentimental or emotional relationships, which involved as well strong elements of mentorship. Mentorship and training in the "warrior" lifestyle and values of the samurai was a major element of the relationship.
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==References==
*Maki Morinaga, "The Gender of Onnagata as the Imitating Imitated," ''positions'' 10:2 (2002), 245-284.
[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
