1699 plays

play written by Kong Shangren

thumb was a kabuki play of the Kabuki Jūhachiban, first performed in 1699. It is no longer extant. ==Uwanari-uchi== was a marital custom dating back to the Heian period. As marriage was not clearly defined, no ceremony took place that marked the status of a woman as a 'wife', although men would often join the households of their wives and receive material support. This relationship did not preclude the man from visiting other women - in these instances, the first wife was referred to as konami and the second wife was the , derived from the Japanese word given the metaphorical image of the se