The Janus Face of Normativities in a Global Mirror
Viewing 16th-Century Marriage Practices in Japan from Christian and Japanese Traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20058089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luisa Stella De Oliveira Coutinho Silva (0000-0002-8918-6002, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 171-206 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Norms beyond Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill | Nijhoff (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004472839_007 |
| OpenAlex | W4200132961 |
| ISBN | 9789004472839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Drawing together Japanese and European sources while exploring the Christian Century in Japan, this paper presents a legal historical analysis of Christian and Japanese understandings of marriage among Japanese people in early modernity. To do so, it first discusses how the missionaries tried to mold the practice of Japanese marriage according to the law of nature and canon law. Second, it proposes a systematic analysis of marriage in Japan following the Taika reforms, connecting this period to the arrival of the Christians by studying changes in household norms, kinship ties, family structures, inheritance practices, lineage patterns, and divorce throughout Japanese historical periods. Third, this paper argues that missionaries did not have a complex and systematic view of the legal tradition behind their descriptions of Japanese marriage through the analysis of four topics that can be highlighted in sources from both missionaries and the Japanese: the ceremonies and formalities for celebrating marriage that mark the beginning of the act, the number of wives a man could have, the duration of the relationships or the willingness to stay together forever, and the connection between repudiation and divorce
Aesthetics · Art · Genealogy · Japanese literature · Kinship · Literature · Modernity · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
A Law Too Strict? The Cultural Translation of Catholic Marriage in the Jesuit Mission to Japan
Buddhist Renunciation and the Female Life Cycle
Gender in Early Classical Japan
Selling Songs and Smiles
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto
Keeping Up With the Past. New Discoveries Enrich Our Views of History
Shadows of Transgression
Mokkan. Wooden Documents from the Nara Period
Marriage and Property in Premodern Japan from the Perspective of Women's History
The Christian Century in Japan, 1549-1650
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |