[ SECRET POST #3247 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3247 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That was after Kojuurou's death. I'm not OP but I wrote up a bit of the history between these two further down this thread. The relationship between Masamune and Kojuurou's son is very, very different than the one between he and Kojuurou. You'd have to be pretty familiar with how homosexuality worked in ancient Japan within the bushido framework. Basically, Kojuurou's son was just a pretty young thing that Masamune took on. After Kojuurou died Masamune definitely became something of an old lech lol, he's well known for being bisexual and didn't discriminate. In his older years he even had a young concubine who was of...African descent I believe. Dark, dark skin, which for the times was almost unheard of, and it cemented Masamune's eccentricity.

(There are some people who speculate that Masamune's brief affair with Kojuurou's son was no accident, and that he was trying to keep his memories of Kojuurou alive through his son, which...when you know how stuck to one another those two were? I could see it. I consider this nothing more than conjecture but it's got a pretty solid framework.)

Masamune and Kojuurou had a romantic and sexual relationship intermingled with a lifelong companionship very specific to the era, the only thing I could equate that with is "imagine how close guys get in the army", now "imagine living your entire life in the army", that's basically their companionship. Masamune showed incredible favouritism towards Kojuurou, and treated him as an equal, a companion, which is very, very rare for the times. There is even direct evidence that shows hints of this in their own writing. Reading historical documents penned by daimyos and their underlings you see the formalities with which men would speak to their daimyos and vice versa, however Masamune would write missives to Kojuurou and simply sign it with a two-character nickname for him, which of course Kojuurou was tickled by and it became a "thing". He was informal with close friends, but Kojuurou was absolutely a step above everyone else.

[(Anonymous)]

Late response and I don't even know if you'll read it, but thanks for your comment! (and all the others on the thread). I've always been interested in their relationship but too lazy to look for the information. Your posts have been very informative. Thanks!