Homosexuality has been an integral part of Japanese culture, presumably from prehistoric times. Mentions of it are to be found in the earliest known texts, and it occupies a central position in the culture up to the Meiji restoration of the late 1800's, when the Japanese felt the need to emulate the Western intruders and classified homosexuality as deviant. 1. Fallen Warriors as Mass Media Stars - Graduate paper on Japanese gay samurai iconography, with prints depicting "nanshoku" and homosexuality in military society. 2. Homoeroticism and Modernity from Kansei to Showa - Abstracts of papers on Japanese homosexuality presented at the 1996 conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 3. Intersections: Male Homosexuality and Popular Culture in Modern Japan - Analysis of modern Japanese queer identities and constructions. 4. Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan - Book review of this groundbreaking work on Japanese homosexuality by Gary Leupp, in the International Gay & Lesbian Review. 5. Queer Samurai Japan for Gay/Lesbian Teens and Youth - History, literature, culture and self-help for gay youth. 6. The "Beautiful Way" of the Samurai - Article on samurai homosexuality and other forms of Japanese gay culture and history.

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