若わか衆しゅ道どう

noun

male homosexuality; pederasty

Archaic term referring to the practice of male-male sexual relationships, particularly between an older man and a youth, in pre-modern Japan. Often associated with samurai culture and the wakashū (若衆) tradition.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ家け社しゃ会かいでは、若わか衆しゅ道どうが広ひろく行おこなわれていたと言いわれる。

  It is said that wakashudō was widely practiced in samurai society during the Edo period.

• 若わか衆しゅ道どうは、年ねん長ちょうの武ぶ士しが少しょう年ねんを愛あいする関かん係けいを指さす歴れき史し的てきな言こと葉ばだ。

  Wakashudō is a historical term for relationships in which an older samurai loved a youth.