Kagema, the Glossary
is a Japanese term for historical young male sex workers.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Brothel, Catamite, Edo period, Fellatio, Greek love, History of human sexuality, Indentured servitude, Kabuki, Miyagawa Isshō, Pederasty, Prostitution, Teahouse, Theatre, Wakashū.
- History of human sexuality
- Japanese male prostitutes
- Japanese prostitutes
- Japanese sex terms
- LGBT history in Japan
- Male prostitutes by type
Brothel
A brothel, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes.
Catamite
In ancient Greece and Rome, a catamite (Latin: catamītus) was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of an older male, usually in a pederastic relationship.
Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Fellatio
Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act consisting of the stimulation of a male penis by using the mouth.
Greek love
Greek love is a term originally used by classicists to describe the primarily homoerotic customs, practices, and attitudes of the ancient Greeks.
History of human sexuality
The social construction of human sexuality and sexual behavior—along with its taboos, regulation, and social and political impact—has had a profound effect on the various cultures of the world since prehistoric times.
See Kagema and History of human sexuality
Indentured servitude
Indentured servitude is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years.
See Kagema and Indentured servitude
Kabuki
is a classical form of Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with traditional dance.
Miyagawa Isshō
Miyagawa Isshō (宮川 一笑, 1689 – 20 January 1780) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style, primarily depicting kabuki actors, geisha, sumo wrestlers, and other elements of everyday urban culture.
Pederasty
Pederasty or paederasty is a sexual relationship between an adult man and a boy.
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.
Teahouse
A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments.
Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
Wakashū
is a historical Japanese term indicating an adolescent boy, used particularly during the Edo period (1603–1867). Kagema and Wakashū are history of human sexuality, Japanese sex terms and Japanese words and phrases.
See also
History of human sexuality
- Candaulism
- Courtly love
- Cultural history of the buttocks
- Droit du seigneur
- Eunuchs
- European sexuality leading up to and during World War II
- Feodor Vassilyev
- Fornication
- Gender issues in the American Civil War
- Giovanni Benedetto Sinibaldi
- Glass of water theory
- Heart balm (German law)
- History of HIV/AIDS
- History of birth control
- History of homosexuality
- History of human sexuality
- History of masturbation
- History of prostitution
- History of rape
- Horizontal collaboration
- How Sex Works
- Intersex in history
- Kagema
- LGBT history
- Libertine
- Obscenity
- Secreta mulierum
- Sexual norm
- Sexual revolution
- Sexuality in India
- Snokhachestvo
- The Flash Press
- There is no sex in the USSR
- Victorian masculinity
- Wakashū
- Windmill Theatre
Japanese male prostitutes
Japanese prostitutes
Japanese sex terms
- Amejo
- Bara (genre)
- Bishōnen
- Bukkake
- Burusera
- Chikan (body contact)
- Class S (culture)
- Ecchi
- Ekiben (sexual act)
- Enjo kōsai
- Ero guro
- Futanari
- Hentai
- Japanese bondage
- Kagema
- Lolicon
- Mating press
- Mizu shōbai
- Nanpa
- Nawashi
- Nuru (massage)
- Nyotaimori
- Omorashi
- Pai slash
- Panchira
- Ryona
- Shotacon
- Shunga
- Telekura
- Tentacle erotica
- Wakashū
- Yaoi
- Yaoi hole
- Yuri (genre)
LGBT history in Japan
Male prostitutes by type
- Gigolo
- Kagema
- Sanky-panky
- Taikomochi