後妻打ち

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Japanese

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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
Kanji in this term
うわなり
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jukujikun kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 後妻(うわなり) (uwanari, later wife, concubine) + () (uchi, striking, hitting).

Noun

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後妻(うわなり)() (uwanari-uchiうはなりうち (ufanariuti)?

  1. (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 [late Heian- to around the Sengoku period]
  2. (historical) an arranged striking between wives and concubines held at a (legal) wife's house [around the Muromachi to mid-Edo period]
    Synonyms: 相当打ち (sōtō-uchi), 騒動打ち (sōdō-uchi)

See also

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References

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  1. 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)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. Chieko Irie Mulhern (2015) Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan: Legendary Women of Japan, Routledge, →ISBN, pages x, 175-178