First day of undressing - First day of undressing

...The same story is recorded in the "Soushenji" of the Jin Dynasty in China. June 1st is called "Kinunugi Tsuitachi" (the first day of undressing), and in many regions, people should not go under mulberry trees because snakes and people shed their skin on them. In Higashiuchi, Maruko-cho, Ogata-gun, Nagano Prefecture, people usually avoid walking with a mulberry stick because mulberry trees are used as walking sticks for the dead, but in Ihara Saikaku's "Koshoku Ichidai Otoko," mulberry trees are instead used as walking sticks to celebrate longevity.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "First Day of Undress" are listed below.

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…中国晋代の《捜神記》にも，同じ話が記されている。6月1日は〈衣脱ぎ朔日（きぬぬぎついたち）〉といわれ，クワの木でヘビや人が脱皮するので，クワの木の下に行ってはならないという地方が多い。長野県小県郡丸子町東内では，クワは死者のつえにするため，ふだん桑棒をついて歩くのを嫌うが，井原西鶴の《好色一代男》では，逆にクワは長寿を祝うつえとされている。…

※「衣脱ぎ朔日」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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