Umadema - Umadema

…In rural marriages, men and women were free to mingle and often tied the knot with moashibi (hair play). Intermarriages with other villages were rare, and in those cases, the woman had to pay sake or money for it to the young man from the village who was her husband. When the bride was transferred to the village, the family bowed to the Buddhist altar and the fire god, and the man entered through the kitchen and bowed to the fire god before the wedding reception. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Umatame" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…農村の結婚は男女の交際が自由でモーアシビ(毛遊び)で結ばれることも多かった。他村落との通婚は少なく，その場合は女方の村落の青年へ〈馬手間（うまでま）〉という酒または酒代を出さねばならなかった。嫁の引移りにあたって，仏壇と火の神を拝み，男方では台所から入ってその火の神を拝んでから披露宴をした。…

※「馬手間」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報