Mukotorikon

Mukotorikon (婿取婚 むことりこん）refers to a system of uxorilocal marital structure in Japan, particularly in Japan's medieval period[1] which was largely superseded by a system of patrilocal marriage, as some men became in charge of units ie or za following changes in society such as the decline of the ritsuryo system.[2]

See also

Marriage in Japan

References
  1. Ko, Dorothy (January 2008). "The Creation of Patriarchy in Japan: Wakita Haruko's "women in Medieval Japan" From a Comparative Perspective". International Journal of Asian Studies. 5 (1): 87–96. doi:10.1017/S1479591407000939. ISSN 1479-5914. S2CID 145663915.
  2. Haruko, Wakita (2006). Women in medieval Japan: motherhood, household management and sexuality. Monash Asia Institute. ISBN 1-876924-45-4. OCLC 873441741.
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