Ohinyobo - Ohinyobo

Japanese: オヒニョウボウ - おひにょうぼう
Ohinyobo - Ohinyobo

…Today it is common for husbands to be older than their wives, but in the days when the age at first marriage was lower than it is today, it is thought that it was not so unusual for older wives to be fully-fledged women with the skills of a housewife. Folk words for older wives are widely found, such as anenyobou in Tokyo, ohinyobou in Kansai, shiizatoji in Okinawa (shiiza means older, toji means housewife), and heramashi in Tohoku, all of which mean older, and it is thought that these names emerged as older wives became less common. Even today, there are regions where older wives are preferred, and proverbs like "older wives, goddess of fortune" can be found in various places. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在は夫が妻より年長であるのが一般であるが,初婚年齢が今より低かった時代には,一人前の女性として,主婦の能力にたけている姉女房が,それほど珍しくはなかったと考えられている。姉女房を指す民俗語は広くみいだされ,東京のアネニョウボウ,関西のオヒニョウボウ,沖縄のシイザトジ(シイザは年長,トジは主婦の意),東北のヘラマシなどいずれも年長を意味し,姉女房が一般的でなくなる過程においてこうした名称が顕在したと考えられる。現在も姉女房を好む地域があり〈姉女房,福の神〉という類のことわざが各地にある。…

※「オヒニョウボウ」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

<<:  Tips

>>:  Opinion rating - Opinion rating

Recommend

Güiro - Güiro (English spelling) Spanish

A frisson instrument indispensable in Latin Ameri...

Robert, JE

…19th century French genius magician and inventor...

Scabies - Scabies

What is the disease? Scabies is caused by the mit...

Marrano

…The Ottoman Empire welcomed the Jews, and Thessa...

Rhodophyta; red algae

These algae contain a large amount of phycoerythri...

Cleaning - Souji

In order to live comfortably, it is important to ...

Oninishi - Oni Nishi

...The meat is eaten, the shells are used to make...

Yushi Odashima

1930- An English literature scholar and theater c...

visiting card

...Business cards were used for detailed arrangem...

N gauge

…In the early days, toys were powered by live ste...

Pahlava

… [Susumu Sato] 【India】 A branch of the Parthians...

Madoqua saltiana (English spelling)

...The young weigh 600g at birth and reach maturi...

Kallmeyer, H.

…(2) A lineage of expressive gymnastics that was ...

Memories - Omoide no Ki

A full-length novel by Tokutomi Roka. It was seri...

Sheba

A brand of cat food sold by Mars Japan Limited. Dr...