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| Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as ''futanari.''{{Citation needed|reason=Literally any sort of credible evidence needed for this statement, signed, a Japanese-speaker|date=December 2022}} This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in '']'' and '']''. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters. ''Futanari'' is also used as the term for a specific genre within '']''-related media (] anime or manga) that depicts such characters. |
Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as ''futanari.''{{Citation needed|reason=Literally any sort of credible evidence needed for this statement, signed, a Japanese-speaker|date=December 2022}} This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in '']'' and '']''. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters. ''Futanari'' is also used as the term for a specific genre within '']''-related media (] anime or manga) that depicts such characters.<ref name="Leite">{{cite journal|last1=Leite|first1=Jorge Jr.|title=Labirintos conceituais científicos, nativos e mercadológicos: pornografia com pessoas que transitam entre os gêneros|journal=Cadernos Pagu|date=June 2012|issue=38|pages=99–128|doi=10.1590/S0104-83332012000100004|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-83332012000100004&script=sci_arttext|access-date=8 June 2014|issn=0104-8333|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904114126/http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-83332012000100004&script=sci_arttext|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
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Futanari (ふたなり, seldom: 二形, 双形, literally: dual form; 二成, 双成, literally: " two kinds") is the Japanese word for hermaphroditism, which is also used in a broader sense for androgyny.
Beyond Japan, the term has come to be used to describe a commonly pornographic genre of eroge, manga, and anime, which includes characters that show primary sexual characteristics from both females and males. In today's language, it refers almost exclusively to characters who have a female or overall feminine body, but have both female and male primary genitalia (although a scrotum is not always present, while breasts, a penis, and a vulva are). The term is also often abbreviated as futa(s), which is also used as a generalized term for the works themselves.
Historic origins
Japanese folk religion created diverse fantasies related to sexual characteristics. Traditional vocal pieces that date back hundreds of years deliver rough evidence that a change of gender was not ruled out, and that the representation of the gender was used to worship deities such as dōsojin, which sometimes had ambiguous gender, being neither male nor female. Gary Leupp adds that the origins might even reach back to the origins of Buddhism, since the deities would not necessarily have a fixed or determinable gender.
Likewise, the belief spread that some people could change their gender depending on the lunar phase. The term half-moon (半月, hangetsu) was coined to describe such beings. Japanese traditional clothing, which made distinguishing men from women more difficult, as in other cultures, presumably might have had an influence on this development. To restrict women from accessing prohibited areas and to avoid smuggling by hiding items in the belt bag, guard posts were assigned to perform body checks. Historical records indicate that guards liked to joke about this matter quite frequently, resulting in various stories and even poems. Whether anatomical anomalies, such as clitoromegaly or unusual physical development, led to these assumptions remains an open question.
Until 1644, when onnagata actors were required to adopt male hairstyles regardless of the gender they were portraying, actors playing characters such as female warriors capitalized on the interest in the futanari quality, which was common in both samurai and commoner society.
In anime and manga
Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as futanari. This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in anime and manga. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters. Futanari is also used as the term for a specific genre within hentai-related media (pornographic anime or manga) that depicts such characters.
Origins
Futanari manga became popular in the 1990s and quickly became a part of the industry, cross-pollinating with multiple genres. Toshiki Yui's Hot Tails is a well-known example of the genre in the West.
See also
References
- ^ Leupp, Gary P. (1995). Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780520919198. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ (in German) Krauss, Friedrich Salomo et al. Japanisches Geschlechtsleben: Abhandlungen und Erhebungen über das Geschlechtsleben des japanischen Volkes ; folkloristische Studien, Schustek, 1965
- Leite, Jorge Jr. (June 2012). "Labirintos conceituais científicos, nativos e mercadológicos: pornografia com pessoas que transitam entre os gêneros". Cadernos Pagu (38): 99–128. doi:10.1590/S0104-83332012000100004. ISSN 0104-8333. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. New York: Del Rey Books. p. 452. ISBN 9780345485908.
Further reading
- Jensen, Nate (2009). Japanese-English Guide to Sex, Kink and Naughtiness. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781442108769.
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