2007-12-05

Picking up girls 100 years ago

My latest Néojaponisme article, "Nanpa: A History", exploring the direct link between the word nanpa and the Meiji-period understanding of girl germs, is up.

Bonus information just for you, No-sword reader: The illustration is from TSUBOUCHI Shōyō's Tōsei shosei katagi (当世書生気質), chapter one.

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