後妻打ち

Japanese

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
後 妻 打
Grade: 2 Grade: 5 う(ち)
Grade: 3
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 後妻 (うわなり) (uwanari, “later wife, concubine”) + 打 (う)ち (uchi, “striking, hitting”).

Noun

後妻打ち (hiragana うわなりうち, rōmaji uwanari-uchi, historical hiragana うはなりうち)

  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

References

  1. 1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 2014, 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., relevant text online here.
  5. Chieko Irie Mulhern (2015) Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan: Legendary Women of Japan, Routledge, →ISBN, pages x, 175-178
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