後妻打ち
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往古うハなり打ちの図 (Ōko Uwanari-uchi no Zu) by Utagawa Hiroshige (1852): a group of wives and concubines striking each other
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 後 | 妻 | 打 |
| うわなり | う Grade: 3 | |
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 5 | |
| jukujikun | kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 後妻 (uwanari, “later wife, concubine”) + 打ち (uchi, “striking, hitting”).
Noun
後妻打ち • (uwanari-uchi) ←うはなりうち (ufanariuti)?
- (historical) an ancient Japanese custom of a first wife to attack any of her husband's later wives and/or concubines, usually for revenge or to protect her own interests
- (historical) an arranged striking between wives and concubines held at a (legal) wife's house
See also
References
- “うわなり打ち”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “後妻打ち”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- Chieko Irie Mulhern (2015) Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan: Legendary Women of Japan, Routledge, →ISBN, pages x, 175-178