Women's Temple - Onnadera

Japanese: 女寺 - おんなでら

〘 noun 〙① A temple where nuns live. Nunnery. ② ("Tera" means temple school) In the Edo period, a place where girls were taught how to read and write. Also, a temple school where the teacher was a girl. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688) 2 "From this heart, he composed the Iroha poems and had them recite them, and he did not send her to a temple for women, but instead taught her the art of writing, without any complaints, and made her into a wise girl of Kyoto."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 尼の住んでいる寺。尼寺。② (「寺」は寺子屋の意) 江戸時代、女の子に読み書きを教えた所。また、師匠が女の寺子屋。※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）二「此心からは、いろは哥を作りて誦(よま)せ、女寺(ヲンナテラ)へも遣(やら)ずして、筆の道を教、ゑひもせず、京のかしこ娘となしぬ」

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