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Top: Society: Gay,_Lesbian,_and_Bisexual: History: Pre-Modern_Japan
| All materials dealing with the expression of homoerotic attraction in Japanese culture, from ancient times to the 20th century. |
Homosexuality has been an integral part of Japanese culture, presumably from prehistoric times. Mentions of it are to be found in the earliest known texts, and it occupies a central position in the culture up to the Meiji restoration of the late 1800's, when the Japanese felt the need to emulate the Western intruders and classified homosexuality as deviant.
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