Ikke - Ikke

Japanese: イッケ - いっけ

...In Japan, these two types of kinship organizations are found, and kinship is one of the two egocentric kinship organizations. Relatives are designated by a variety of folk terms depending on the region, such as oyako, oyagumaki, itoko, shinruimaki, shinrui, shinseki, yauchi, ikke, harou-ji, and kyode, and the content also varies depending on the region. Itoko, oyako, harou-ji, and kyode have very strong characteristics of egocentric kinship organizations with individuals as the unit. For example, itoko, which is often used in the coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture, emphasizes the aspect that two individuals are cousins.

From 【Family】

...An organizational group that includes the main family and its relatives and servants, as well as direct and indirect branches (branches of branches, that is, families called grandchildren's branches or further branches). In rural agricultural and fishing communities, it is also called Maki, Make, Matsui, Kabuuchi, Ikke, Kuruwa, etc., and in merchant communities, it is called Norenuchi, etc. In sociology, ethnology, folklore, and social anthropology, it is called Dozokudan (family group, family organization, family organization), and in international academic circles, it is known as Dozoku, and is distinguished from clans and sibs. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ikke" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本にはこの二つの親族組織がみられるが，親類はこのうちの自己中心的親族組織の一種である。親類はオヤコ，オヤグマキ，イトコ，シンルイマキ，シンルイ，シンセキ，ヤウチ，イッケ，ハロウジ，キョーデーなど地域によって多様な民俗語彙で指示され，その内容も地域によって多様である。イトコ，オヤコ，ハロウジ，キョーデーは単位を個人とする自己中心的親族組織の性格が非常につよく，例えば岩手県海岸部地方でよく用いられるイトコは，ある個人とある個人がイトコどうしであるという側面が強調される。…

【同族】より

…本家とその親族分家や奉公人分家，また直接分家だけでなく間接分家(分家の分家，すなわち孫分家とか又分家と呼ばれた家)をも含む組織集団。農山漁村社会でマキ，マケ，マツイ，カブウチ，イッケ，クルワなどとも呼ばれ，商人社会ではノーレンウチなどとも呼ばれた。社会学，民族学，民俗学，社会人類学によっては同族団(同族集団，同族団体，同族組織)と呼ばれ，国際学界でもdozokuの名でとおり，クランclanやシブsibとは区別されている。…

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