Otokodate - Manly

Japanese: 男伊達 - おとこだて

It refers to kabukimono, or ruffians, such as the so-called "Hatamoto slaves" and "Machi slaves," or the male customs that these men adopted, which seem to be a remnant of the Warring States period. In the "Otokotate" section of "Kamizubukago" by Misaoya Niji, it is written that "The second Danjuro Kayagi likes to wear red silk undergarments even for men's yukata, and that the men's undergarments are not made of tsumugi, so they are probably made from the tsumugi of a rakugo master, and they like to look strong and strong." They held sway for almost half a century, from the end of the Keicho era (1609-15) to the Kanbun era (1661-1673), but because their thoughts and actions were free-spirited and abnormal, they were wiped out by the Edo Shogunate, which saw them as undesirable for the new era's morals. However, the spirit remained, and the term eventually came to refer to a manly, chivalrous man, based on the idea of "helping the weak and defeating the strong."

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Japanese:

いわゆる「旗本奴」「町奴」に代表される「かぶき者」，すなわち無頼の徒のこと，あるいは，それらの連中が身につけていた戦国の余風ともみえる男の風俗のことをいう。三升屋二三治の『紙屑籠』の「男達テ」の項には，「二代目団十郎栢莚，男達のやつしにも下に紅絹のむくを著る事，男達の襦袢はもみのゑりなし故に，荒事師のもみむくより出たるものか，りつぱにしてつよみあるを好むといふ」とある。慶長の末年頃 (1609～15) から寛文の頃 (61～73) と，ほぼ半世紀にわたって幅をきかせたが，その思考や行動が自由放縦で常軌を逸していたため，新時代の風教には好ましくないとみてとった江戸幕府によって一掃されてしまった。ただし，その気風は残り，「弱きを助け，強きをくじく」ということで，やがては男伊達をして侠客のことをさすようにもなってきた。

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