Though some of the cosplays were rather good. Still, it's a Japanese Festival, that emphasized more traditional aspects of Japanese culture, not an anime convention, you know? *shrugs*

That aside, the J-Fest was pretty interesting. I learned that a kimono is about as hard to put on as I had thought (and thusly I wonder if what one sees in ( Read more... )

But I did find and show hcolleen the link for this:

Chigo Monogatari: Love Stories or Buddhist Sermons?

I think she focuses more on the religious themes of the chigo stories rather than the chigo themselves.  When I read the Atkins article I'm going to take notes, and once I've done that I'll happily share them here ^^

From The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 67, No. 3 (August) 2008:

Chigo in the Medieval Japanese Imagination

PAUL S. ATKINS

This article explores the representation of chigo-adolescent males attached to Buddhist temples or aristocratic households who were educated, fed, and housed in exchange for personal, including sexual, services-in ( Read more... )