Abstract
In this article, we examine the sexual representation in the GHQ occupation period by focusing on Tamura Taijiro's short novel, “Gate of Flesh.” Various social elements of Japan's defeat and allied occupation are explored and contextualized in the novel. Especially, the prostitute, “Pan Pan“ is the blank screen in which the contemporary desire is reflected. And it can be interpreted as the symbol of the social exclusion and inclusion in that era. This article also deals with the American “shadow” as the absent presence in Taijiro's “Gate of Flesh”, and argues that this text is the vertex of the sexuality and politics from the cultural point of view.
