CHINESE EUNUCHS: The Structure of Intimate Politics.
MITAMURA, Taisuke.
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Add to basketRutland [1970], Tuttle. Purple cloth, very good, dj., 176p., Translated by Charles Pomeroy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. SCARCE Covers the artificial 3rd sex, provenance of eunuchs, in the palace, residents of women's quarters, eunuchs in the Han & T'ang dynasties, etc. With an appendix on "Why There Were No Eunuchs in Japan" and "Eunuch-like Men in Modern Times." A most detailed monograph, covers the system that endured for over 2000 years and through 25 dynasties. The methods of castration,high valuation placed upon the Pao or "treasure" [ie the severed parts], to be advanced in rank, or to produ- ce a substitute which was permissible. These parts were also buried after death, hoping to be restored to full masculin- ty in after life. Restoratives & aphrodisiacs are also well covered.
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