The following list is based on subject headings compiled by John DeSantis in 2000 as well as the "Library of Congress Subject Headings for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Topics" compiled by Thomas Bolze, Yale University Library, and updated by Deborah LaFond, SUNY Albany 2010.
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Many would enter into same sex relationships with older monks. These religious practices were replicated in samurai circles, and young samurai would be sent to Buddhist monasteries during training. The images often depict a sexuality derived from practices within monasteries when an older partner such as a priest or a monk would have sex with a younger, often pre-pubescent partner. The scenes contain a complex morality when considered by contemporary standards.
The aesthetic is said to be influenced by the illustrations of Chinese medicine manuals as well as the work of Zhou Fang, a Chinese painter from the Tang dynasty era who painted oversized genitals, which later became characteristic of many shunga artists. Printed with woodblock and produced in a broad spectrum of colours and details, the scrolls were intimate, erotic, and sometimes humorous. Shunga, or Japanese erotic art, was prolific in Japan during the Edo period, from 1603 to 1868. Images derived from ancient myth, the military, religion, theatre, class, and prostitution feature samurai or Buddhist monks engaging in gay sex with men often dressed as geisha. One notable vein of shunga is nanshoku, translating as ‘male colours’ and referring to gay erotic depictions.