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This course explores the history of ‘boy’s love’ and bishōnen in Japanese culture, tracing their evolution from the earliest iterations of ‘beautiful boys’ in Japanese literature through the present=day transnational reach of BL manga.
This paper proposes to analyze the bishounen, specifically the supernatural kind, as a new form of aesthetic in the Japanese popular culture, mainly concerning a feminine audience (the shoujo culture or girl/lady culture), an aesthetic which supports the consumerist kawaii or cute culture.
16 Σεπ 2023 · Explore the depth of Bishoujo and Bishounen in anime: from historical shoujo manga aesthetics to Japan's admiration for androgynous beauty. Dive into the cultural, societal, and historical nuances that shape these iconic representations of Japanese beauty ideals in animation.
Bishōnen (美少年, IPA: [bʲiɕo̞ꜜːnẽ̞ɴ] ⓘ; also transliterated bishounen) is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth (boy)" and describes an aesthetic that can be found in disparate areas in East Asia: a young man of androgynous beauty.
These were chosen from bidō (beautiful—male—children) and, unlike monks themselves, wore makeup, had long hair, and wore bright, costly fabrics. The featured in Buddhist art (Ishihara 2003, 118–19), and references to their allure were common in medieval literary tales.
5 Δεκ 2021 · This study examines the history and art of tombstones dated between 1813 and 1940 in the cemetary of Doğanbey, a town in the Beyşehir District of Konya according to art history standards...
The History of Art: A Global View is the first major art history survey textbook—written by a team of expert authors—with a global narrative in mind. A chronological organization and “Seeing Connections” features help readers make cross-cultural.
