Uwanari

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Uwanari, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Yokawa no kohijiri and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Teruhi no miko.jpg

Uwanari (, meaning both "second wife" and "jealousy") was a kabuki play of the Kabuki Jūhachiban, first performed in 1699. It is no longer extant.

Uwanari-uchi[]

Uwanari-uchi (後妻打ち, "beating the second wife") was a long-standing custom in which the ex-wives, second wives, and concubines of husbands beat each other.[clarification needed] This goes back to the Heian period and lasted until the Edo period.[citation needed]

See also[]

  • Ōko Uwanari-uchi no Zu, an ukiyo-e by Utagawa Hiroshige


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