The great mirror of male love free download

Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. The great mirror of male love Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Publication date Publisher Stanford, Calif. Jul 22, Noah rated it it was amazing. Really great introduction which has a lot of interesting information.

The text was great as well but I wish that the notes were written on the page that they appear so that I don't have to flip back and forth to the back of the book every time I come across an annotation. It ruined the flow a bit. Otherwise this is excellent. May 24, Monica rated it liked it. Feb 23, Aidan rated it it was ok Shelves: japanese-culture.

Difficult to follow; some of the stories are very confusing; not all of the stories are even about love between men but about relations between men and females. A few stories are good, but their number is small.

Aug 18, Kavya Palepu rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites. Very beautifully written. My only regret is that all the love stories are doomed. Very clear language.

Jan 02, RD Chiriboga Moncayo rated it really liked it. Very interesting tales of homosexual relationships and transactions from 17th century Japan. Apr 09, Nyree Whalley rated it did not like it. Oct 01, J. Flores rated it really liked it. Es parecido, y a la vez muy distinto que en el mundo griego. Jan 20, Sarah rated it liked it Shelves: japanese-lit. Why in the world did 'the man who loved love' waste such vast quantities of gold and silver on his myriad women, when the only pleasure and excitement to be found is in male love?

This is an aspect of the culture that I knew much less about- frankly because a lot of the "Where it flourishes, a man must sometimes sacrifice his life for the one he loves. This is an aspect of the culture that I knew much less about- frankly because a lot of the Japanese authors from a similar time I've read were female. When I say it's kind of uncomfortable, I mean that a lot of the stories involve someone who is very young, as young as 15 or 16, paired with a much older man.

Again, this is a cultural difference that I just have to get past, but it's still a little weird to me. Additionally, the author goes out of his way to exaggerate the degree to which "woman-hating" took place, which is also a bit Or maybe it is. I'm not sure. Regardless of how I feel about the beliefs of the author, I do find it really interesting to get an intimate insight into the life of a samurai, and the cultural expectations of these individuals.

I continue to be fascinated by Japanese culture the more I read about it, it seems. Aug 11, Monica. Una carrellata di racconti piuttosto sterili che, procedendo con la lettura, si ripetono non lasciando mai il segno. Un continuo inno all'amore fra ragazzi o, la via dei fanciulli, si contrappone ad altrettanti ironici insulti al genere femminile.

I primi due libri sono dedicati alla classe samuraica, gli ultimi due al mondo del kabuki. Interessanti le note al testo e la postfazione. Sin embargo, el contexto dentro de la obra se me escapa. Apr 21, Carlos rated it liked it Shelves: lgbt-sexuality , fiction. Quite a fascinating collection of stories!

Similarly, the translator, Paul Gordon Schalow, does a magnificent job in setting up the cultural background in which these stories took place. He not only thoroughly explains the non-issue that same-sex relationships, or rather man-man relationship, were in 17th century Japan, but he also centers the reader as to the deliberate exaggerations with which Saikaky sought to flatter his intended audience, i. Thus, before the reader arrives Quite a fascinating collection of stories!

Thus, before the reader arrives at these quite nice stories of loyalty, bravery and passion, the reader is aware of the role which these stories fulfilled in Japanese society. Sep 23, Nayelli Pc rated it it was amazing. This is an amazing book, it is like a window to a completely undiscovered way to love.

This book is totally different and authentic. The author helps us to understand a side of samurai's life that is often hide, and also is useful to understand how love is not a matter of gender. Sep 24, Turner rated it really liked it.

Because doesn't everybody need to read up on medieval Japanese perceptions of homosexuality? Anyways, this was an intriguing read for one who's a Nihonophile: there's a definite divide in what was the cultural preconception and what now is. Saikaku siendo todo lo Saikaku posible. Image management package for Windows, and the ultimate digital darkroom. Revo Uninstaller. Uninstall software and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer easily. Open source program for drawing and image editing.

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