oku ) ▁is ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁hom osex ual ity ▁stories ▁by ▁I h ara ▁Sa ik aku , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 7 . ▁The ▁collection ▁belongs ▁to ▁I h ara ' s ▁floating ▁world ▁genre ▁of ▁Japanese ▁literature ▁( <0xE6> <0xB5> <0xAE> 世 草 子 ▁U ki yo - z ō sh i ), ▁and ▁contains ▁eight ▁sections ; ▁each ▁section ▁contains ▁five ▁chap ters , ▁making ▁ 4 0 ▁chap ters ▁in ▁total . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁The ▁Great ▁Mir ror ▁of ▁Male ▁Love ▁has ▁two ▁parts : ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁sections ▁( first ▁ 2 0 ▁chap ters ) ▁em body ▁rom antic ▁relationships ▁between ▁war riors ▁and ▁mon ks ; ▁the ▁next ▁four ▁sections ▁center ▁about ▁the ▁Ky oto - Os aka ▁the at res , ▁dealing ▁with ▁male ▁lov ing ▁stories ▁about ▁the ▁k ab uki ▁actors . ▁The ▁stories ▁are ▁usually ▁about ▁hom o er otic ▁relationships ▁between ▁an ▁adult ▁male ▁and ▁an ▁ad oles cent ▁youth ; ▁the ▁eth ical ▁constraints ▁are ▁very ▁much ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁woman . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁sections , ▁the ▁sam ur ai ▁senior ▁lo vers ▁are ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁man lin ess , ▁supp orter ▁to ▁the ▁younger ▁one , ▁and ▁the ▁dominant ▁role ▁in ▁sex . ▁The ▁young ▁bel oved ▁boys ▁are ▁port rayed ▁as ▁beautiful , ▁good ▁students ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁sam ur ai , ▁and ▁assume ▁a ▁sub miss ive ▁role ▁in ▁sex . ▁From ▁section ▁ 5 ▁on