Yokai gender issue

People tend to pronounce my name a lot.

Hello, this is Otoriban.

Suddenly,Do monsters have genders?🧐✨

Yuki-onna and Ao-bozu are quite gender-specific, but are there male and female Sunekosuri and Bakeneko?Are they beings that have even transcended the concept of gender?

Titled,Yokai gender issue✌️✨

Now then,A monster that stirs up a storm over the gender issueWe will introduce you to!

※The following may contain some slightly vulgar jokes.

The monster that is causing a storm in the gender issue of monsters is "Mara"Yes 😎✨

This yokai is depicted in Hyakumonogatari Bakemono Sugoroku, a sugoroku game that was popular during the Edo period. Along with Rokurokubi, Mitsume, and Bakeneko, he is standing there nonchalantly with a face that seems to say, "I'm a major yokai too✨"!

...Eh, looks?

firstThe body shape is like a male organ!I grew strong legsWalking penisAndIn his hand is a Chou-mei-maru(An aphrodisiac sold in the Edo period)The face is... a female organ with eyes(ﾟДﾟ)But for some reason, the loincloth is wrapped tightly around her. It's meant to hide that part!

Like this,Its existence is vulgarThere are some yokai that look so rude...!

roughly,Which gender are you?It makes me want to say "

However, one of the representative Edo period vulgar content that this mara was drawn in isShunga(An old naughty picture) but actuallyThe distinction between men and women is extremely vague, except for the genitals.It is common that if you hide the lower half of your body, such as your body line or hairstyle, it could be two men or two women.Shunga sometimes depicts "futanari" (people born with both male and female genitalia).That is it.

Mara is, in a sense, androgynous.That's right.

As an aside, in the Edo period, love and romance (i.e. sexual relations and romantic feelings) were two parts that went hand in hand, so they were not thought of as separately as they are today.

In other words, shunga was merely a depiction of the everyday life of romantic relationships and was not particularly erotic!

SuchIf we think about it according to Edo period standards, it's not as vulgar as I, a modern person, think it is.It may be a common thing! Sorry, Ma...😭✨ lol

butJapan is finally seeing more diversity in terms of partnerships and gender.Definitely.Its development is slower than the rest of the world…MaybeMara is a progressive being who has overcome meaningless gender distinctions and discrimination more easily than modern Japanese people.It may be that!