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Japanese: おやまけ
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...This word is expressed in two historical documents from the Kencho era as "loose words when it comes to mother-opening" and "loose words when it comes to mother-opening." In one case, it was the subject of a fine of two kanmon, and in the other, the victim called it an unforgivable insult. "Opening" has the reading "tsubi," which means female sex, and it is clear that this word was an insult related to the mother's sexuality, but considering its connection with the most violent insult since the Heian period, "oyamake (mother marriage)," it is thought that it may have originally meant mother-son incest. If so, it is not only one of Japan's representative sexual taboos since the Kunitsutsumi scandal, but also an insult that has spread throughout Asia since ancient times. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この語は建長年間の二つの史料に〈母開に及びて放言〉〈母開に懸りて放言〉などと表現されており,一つの事件では過料2貫文の対象となり,他の事件では被害者は許しがたい悪口であると称している。〈開〉は女性のセックスを意味する〈つび〉の訓があり,この語が母親の性にかかわる罵言であったことは明らかであるが,平安時代以来のもっともはげしい悪口〈おやまけ(母婚け)〉などの関連からみて,元来は母子相姦を意味したのではないかと考えられる。もしそうだとすればそれは国津罪(くにつつみ)以来の日本の代表的な性的タブーの一つであるばかりでなく,古くからアジア全域にひろがっていた悪罵であったといえよう。…

※「おやまけ」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

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