Kita no Oheya

Japanese: 北御部屋 - きたのおへや
Kita no Oheya

...Even in such a case, it is still shameful. As you can see from the description, it refers to a place where only women can enter and exit. In the Edo period, there was a living room in the Shogun's inner palace called the Kita no Oheya, and when the Midai-dokoro or Chu-ro became pregnant, they moved to this room from the fifth month. On the other hand, the custom of lying on the north side, which is still commonly practiced today, is a Buddhist ritual at the time of death in which the dead person's pillow is placed facing north, imitating the Buddha's Nirvana statue.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Kita Obeya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そんな場合でも,やはり,みっともないことに変りはないが)と記しているのでわかるように,女性のみが出入りする場所を言った。江戸時代にも〈北御部屋(きたのおへや)〉といって将軍家大奥の居間があり,御台所(みだいどころ)や中﨟(ちゆうろう)が懐妊すると,5ヵ月目からこの部屋へ移った。一方,こんにちでも普通におこなわれる習俗である〈北枕〉は,仏教で釈迦涅槃像(しやかねはんぞう)にまねて死人の枕を北へ向けて寝かす臨終時の行儀作法である。…

※「北御部屋」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。

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