Blue Monday

Japanese: ブルー･マンデー（英語表記）Blue Monday

The term was born in the movement for holidays for craftsmen in late medieval Europe. In the Middle Ages, craftsmen lived in their master's house and worked from around 4:00 a.m. until as late as 8:00 p.m. They were prohibited from going out at night. At the end of the Middle Ages, brotherhoods were formed as mutual aid organizations for craftsmen, including those who had no prospect of becoming a master, but they had no time to hold meetings. An edict of 789 had already prohibited not only agricultural and handicraft work, but also meetings on Sundays.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世末期ヨーロッパにおいて職人の休暇を求める運動のなかで生まれた言葉。中世の職人たちは親方の家に住込みで働いており，朝4時ころから遅いときには夜8時ころまで働いていたし，夜間の外出は禁じられていた。中世末，親方になる見通しのない職人を含めて職人の相互扶助組織として兄弟団が組織されたが，集会を開く時間がなかった。すでに789年の勅令において農作業や手工業のみならず，集会も日曜日に行うことは禁じられていたからである。

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