Wakashu, a third gender created in olden-day Japan, played a distinct social and sexual role 400 years ago. These male youths, who looked different from both women and adult men, were the objects of sexual desire for both genders. This featured exhibition, A Third Gender, explores the complex system of sexual desire and social expectation from 1603 to 1868 in Edo Japan. Let this exhibit’s stunning woodblock prints, paintings, illustrated books, kimono and armour tell you Japan’s story in the history of human sexuality and invite you to think differently about gender and sexuality.

Adults $17, Students and Seniors $15.50, Children $14