Seinaru porunogurafia: la rappresentazione omoerotica nella prima produzione poetica di Takahashi Mutsuo

This contribution critically analyzes the early poetic production of Takahashi Mutsuo, focusing on Bara no ki - nise no koibitotachi (Rose Tree, Fake Lovers, 1964) and Homeuta (Ode, 1971), to trace the evolution of the representation of male homoeroticism in his early works. Bara no ki explores homoerotic desire through the yōshin shinkō (young god’s worship), while Homeuta replaces the ideal of the androgynous youth with that of the Herculean man, marking the transition from feminised man to masculine-identified homosexual, and anticipating trends of the 1970s displayed buy gay magazines such as Barazoku. Furthermore, Homeuta introduces the theories of seinaru porunogurafia (sacred pornography) and homo penisistus, in which Takahashi elevates the obscene through sophisticated rhetoric, demonstrating the effectiveness of religious allegory in cruising practices.