Kagema

Kagema were young male kabuki actors who were employed in place of women, who had been banned from performing to keep in check public passions. Their performances were equally ribald, and they too were available for prostitution (also for male customers). Audiences frequently became rowdy, and brawls occasionally broke out, sometimes over the favors of a particularly handsome young actor, again leading the shogunate to clamp down in 1652.