A quote from my Lonely Planet Japan guidebook:
“Far from romancing women, most samurai shunned them on the grounds that sexual relations with women (who were yin/in) weakened their maleness (yang/you), and as a result most samurai were homosexual or, in many cases, bisexual.”
So THAT’S what many of us have been working towards. Martin’s man-bag doesn’t seem so silly now.
Honestly, Dublin Kendo Kobukai seems to fit the bill to a tee.
Here are some gay samurai for your perusal:
