Although Nyohon (sexual indulgence with women) was a serious violation of a commandment for Buddhist monks, since there was no direct prescript referring to male homosexuality, Tera-kosho were often targeted as a sex objects.
また仏僧にとって女犯が重大な戒律違反であるのに対して男色については戒律による直接規定が無かったため、寺小姓が僧侶の性的対象とされる場合が多かった。