<b>Spring Pastimes</b><br><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanshoku&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanshoku (page does not exist)">Nanshoku</a>-type tryst between a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Samurai" class="mw-redirect" title="Samurai">samurai</a> and a boyfriend. Young <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kabuki" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabuki">kabuki</a> actors who played female roles were known as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onnagata&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Onnagata (page does not exist)">onnagata</a> or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kagema&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kagema (page does not exist)">kagema</a> and doubled as sex workers. They were much sought after by the sophisticates of the day.<br>Miyagawa Isshô, ca. 1750; Shunga hand scroll (kakemono-e); sumi, color and gofun on silk. Private collection.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyagawa_Issh%C5%8D" class="extiw" title="w:Miyagawa Isshō">Miyagawa Isshō</a>
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