Futanari

Two futanari characters. The one on the left has only a penis and vulva while the one on the right has a penis, vulva, and testicles.

Futanari is the Japanese word for hermaphroditism, or androgyny.: 79, 81  Outside Japan, the word is used to refer to a hentai genre about feminine characters who have a penis and vulva, as well as a scrotum in some cases. The term is also often shortened to futa.

References

  1. ↑ Leupp, Gary P. (1995). Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780520919198. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 (in German) Krauss, Friedrich Salomo et al. Japanisches Geschlechtsleben: Abhandlungen und Erhebungen über das Geschlechtsleben des japanischen Volkes ; folkloristische Studien, Schustek, 1965