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This word can have a second meaning derived from the first: then it denotes a young [[boy loved]] by a [[monk]] in the context of a relationship that is both [[initiatory]] , emotional and very often sexual.
This word can have a second meaning derived from the first: then it denotes a young [[boy loved]] by a [[monk]] in the context of a relationship that is both [[initiatory]] , emotional and very often sexual.


== Summary ==
 
* [[1 Vocabulary]]
* [[2 Literature]]
* [[3 Saying]]
* [[4 See also]]
** [[4.1 Article Related]]
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* [[5 Notes and references]]
 
== Vocabulary ==
== Vocabulary ==
   
   

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Chigo

In Japan premodern a chigo'''稚児 is a boy of about seven to fourteen years in training in a monastery Buddhist . The nearest French translation is "novice".

This word can have a second meaning derived from the first: then it denotes a young boy loved by a monk in the context of a relationship that is both initiatory , emotional and very often sexual.

Vocabulary

The word chigo稚児(approximate pronunciation: /tʃi.go/) consists of two characters:

  • chi = child
  • ko = child, boy

Literature

A particular genre is chigo monogatari , which tells a love story between a monk and a novice - eg Aki no yo nagamonogatari秋夜長物語(Long story for an autumn night), the anonymous author recounts the linking Keikai and young Umewaka.

Saying

A popular saying clearly expressed the priority given by the monks to their young companions:

Ichi chigo nor Sanno.

First the chigo then the god of the mountain. [[[1]]]

  • Tôzô Suzuki, Koji Kitowaza Jiten, Tokyodo Shuppan, 1956, p. 59 (trans. BoyWiki)

See as well

Related articles

Notes and references

  1. Japanese transcript and English translation by Margaret H. Childs in " Chigo Monogatari, love stories or Buddhist sermons? "p. 1. (Downloadable article)