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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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 Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: Kinky Chosun-dynasty antics! |
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200709/200709280017.html
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Chosun-Period Pornographic Play Discovered
Chosun Genre Paintings Show Change in Women's Roles
Erotic Art Reflects Conservative Korea's Passionate Side
"With an arrow put to the string, I have no choice but to shoot it." "How shameless you are! We're almost there. How can I stop it even if you ask me to? Damn this skirt of mine! Why is it here now?"
These are lines of dialogue from an explicit play dating back to the late Chosun Dynasty. Titled �Buksanggi�, it was discovered by Ahn Dae-hoe, a professor of Korean literature in classical Chinese at Sungkyunkwan University. On Saturday, Ahn will publish a paper on the play at a seminar sponsored by the Korean Classical Literature Association at Hanyang University.
The play is presumed to have been written either in 1780, the fourth year of the reign of King Jeongjo, or in 1840, the sixth year of the reign of King Heonjong. The author�s name is given as Donggo Eocho, a man presumed to have been a ruined aristocrat. At 124 pages long, it was written in the Chinese style then current as a story in dialogue. It is the second Chosun-period play, following "Dongsanggi" by Lee Ok.
"Buksanggi" deals with the bizarre love affair between Kim Nak-an, a 61-year-old man in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, and Kim Sun-ok, an 18-year-old gisaeng or female entertainer of the period. Nak-an meets Sun-ok at a birthday party and feels sexual desire for her. He finally succeeds in winning her but loses her again to an exile in a baduk game for tobacco, which is in short supply. But her mother Bongraeseon seduces the exile into sending Sun-ok back.
In the process, various kinds of sexual positions are explored, carrying such evocative names as "rocking a swing", "toying with a duck's legs", "hyeopbiseon" (flying fairy), and "hujeonghwa" (flower in the back garden), and there is also mention of an aphrodisiac.
Ahn said after the 18th century, there was a trend in the Chosun period of pursuing sexual pleasure in various ways, with gisaeng houses in urban areas playing the central role. �That situation, the play shows, offered a cultural foundation where people could express their pent-up desires, boldly breaking away from Confucian ideologies and ethics,� he said. |
Wow! Well, who knew? |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have a whole book full of erotic drawings and paintings from that period.
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is left to the imagination.
It all shows old farts with young women, just like the play. Often, other young women are watching around the corner.
Koreans have been pervs for some time. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Years ago, at the historical museum in Kyoungju, there was a display of tiny little ceramic figures, 1 or 2 inches tall. They left nothing to the imagination. My Korean friend was shocked. He said he didn't know his ancestors played around 'like that'. |
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Corky
Joined: 06 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Kinky Chosun-dynasty antics! |
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| "hujeonghwa" (flower in the back garden) |
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