...In the pleasure quarters of the Edo period, people would take various measures to show that their love for each other was true, and these were called "committing a double suicide" or "committing a double suicide." The "Shikido Daikyo" (1678) lists such methods as removing nails, writing a vow, cutting one's hair, getting tattoos, cutting one's fingers, and cutting the flesh of one's arms or thighs. However, as these became formalized and were abused for commercial purposes, and boxes for putting the vow, nails, hair, and fingers in were made, the value of these methods gradually declined, and risking one's life came to be seen as the best method of all. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "piercing meat" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…江戸時代の遊里においては,互いの愛情が真実であることを示すためにいろいろの手段を講じ,それによって〈心中させる〉とか〈心中立(だて)する〉とかいった。その方法として《色道大鏡》(1678)には,放爪(つめをはがすこと),誓紙,断髪,黥(いれずみ),切指(指をつめること),貫肉(腕や股の肉を傷つけること)などをあげている。しかしこれらが形式化し,営利的方便として乱用され,誓紙,つめ,髪,指を入れる心中箱が作られるようになると,これらの価値はしだいに低下するとともに,無二最高の方法として互いの生命をかけるにいたった。… ※「貫肉」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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