Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
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... onnagata . The onnagata in the Kabuki theatre does not attempt to impersonate a specific woman so much as an idealized version of Woman , such as one sees in woodblock prints . He is able to stylize the ideal Woman , precisely because ...
... onnagata . The onnagata in the Kabuki theatre does not attempt to impersonate a specific woman so much as an idealized version of Woman , such as one sees in woodblock prints . He is able to stylize the ideal Woman , precisely because ...
Page 130
... onnagata , just as Peter Pan is traditionally acted by a woman . This is Mishima's description of a traditional female impersonator in a short story : Masuyama sensed . . . something like a dark spring welling forth from this figure on ...
... onnagata , just as Peter Pan is traditionally acted by a woman . This is Mishima's description of a traditional female impersonator in a short story : Masuyama sensed . . . something like a dark spring welling forth from this figure on ...
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... onna- gata ) , 115-17 ; male , 114-15 , 118-21 impotence , male , 57 , 61 , 62 Inagaki Taruho ( scholar ) , 130 ... onnagata ) , 115-16 Kagura , 11 Kaibara Ekiken ( scholar ) , 15 Kamakura period , 74 kamikaze pilots , 18 , 131 ...
... onna- gata ) , 115-17 ; male , 114-15 , 118-21 impotence , male , 57 , 61 , 62 Inagaki Taruho ( scholar ) , 130 ... onnagata ) , 115-16 Kagura , 11 Kaibara Ekiken ( scholar ) , 15 Kamakura period , 74 kamikaze pilots , 18 , 131 ...
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