Futanari is also used as the term for a specific genre within hentai-related media ( pornographic anime or manga) that depicts such characters. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional (drawn) female or female-looking hermaphrodite characters. This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in anime and manga. Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as futanari. In anime and manga Example illustration of two futanari variants: one with a scrotum (right) and one without (left), both with breasts, a penis, and a vulva Differences between futanari (a woman or a man with both sets of genitalia), dickgirl (a woman with a penis and scrotum), cuntboy (a man with a vulva), and yaoi hole (a third organ between the penis and anus) Until 1644, when onnagata actors were required to adopt male hairstyles regardless of the gender they were portraying, actors playing characters such as female warriors capitalized on the interest in the futanari quality, which was common in both samurai and commoner society. : 80 Whether anatomical anomalies, such as clitoromegaly or unusual physical development, led to these assumptions remains an open question. Historical records indicate that guards liked to joke about this matter quite frequently, resulting in various stories and even poems. : 80 To restrict women from accessing prohibited areas and to avoid smuggling by hiding items in the belt bag, guard posts were assigned to perform body checks. : 79 Japanese traditional clothing, which made distinguishing men from women more difficult, as in other cultures, presumably might have had an influence on this development. The term half-moon ( 半月, hangetsu) was coined to describe such beings. Likewise, the belief spread that some people could change their gender depending on the lunar phase. Gary Leupp adds that the origins might even reach back to the origins of Buddhism, since the deities would not necessarily have a fixed or determinable gender. Traditional vocal pieces that date back hundreds of years deliver rough evidence that a change of gender was not ruled out, : 78–79 and that the representation of the gender was used to worship deities such as dōsojin, which sometimes had ambiguous gender, being neither male nor female. Japanese folk religion created diverse fantasies related to sexual characteristics. Historic origins Stones (with shimenawa) representing dōsojin found near Karuizawa, Nagano The term is also often abbreviated as futa(s), which is also used as a generalized term for the works themselves. In today's language, it refers almost exclusively to characters who have an overall feminine body, but have both female and male primary genitalia (although a scrotum is not always present, while breasts, a penis, and a vulva are). : 79, 81īeyond Japan, the term has come to be used to describe a commonly pornographic genre of eroge, manga, and anime, which includes characters that show primary sexual characteristics from both females and males. Futanari ( ふたなり, seldom: 二形, 双形, literally: dual form 二成, 双成, literally: " two kinds") is the Japanese word for hermaphroditism, which is also used in a broader sense for androgyny.
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