Gender equality and ancient Japanese guidelines
I wonder if the global indicators of gender equality are the right criteria. Moreover, Japan is still low in gender equality internationally. What are the ancient Japanese guidelines for gender equality? An informal Japanese ancient record, Chapter 13, describes the relationship between men and women. According to it, the meaning of gender equality is not a common standard. In line with the laws of the celestial body, it defines men and women as different. So the man is the sun and the woman is the moon.
The sun and moon are components of units of all dimensions
According to Hotsuma Tsutae, all the people are the sun and the moon according to the laws of heaven and earth. The monarch who reigns in the center of the country, together with his wife, is the sun and moon that illuminate the whole world. The gods of one country are the couple, the sun and the moon of each country. It can be said that the husband and wife of the common people are the sun and moon of each family.
Sun moon and moon sun
The nature of the sun and moon does not seem absolute. If they reach the extreme, they will turn to the opposite pole. According to Hotsuma Tsutae, the sun is classified as positive and the moon as negative, and the five elements of Hotsuma Tsutae (space, wind, fire, water, and earth) are either positive or negative. There are pluses to minuses. For example, fire-cutting caused by rubbing cypresses and hitting by striking stones and metal are fires that result from minus. Because wood, stone and metal are part of water and earth (minus).
Gender cooperation is a prerequisite
There is only one God who protects men and women, even if there are physical differences between men and women in this world. The husband of the world is the sun, the wife (the woman) is the moon, and the moon shines by receiving the light of the sun, not by itself emitting light. The relationship between the married couple is the same, and the wife will shine even more depending on the power of the husband.
Male and female roles
While international standards of gender equality focus on women working the same way men do, Hotsuma Tsutae adapts the difference between the sun and moon to the different roles of men and women. In other words, as the sun travels between the internodes, while the moon travels within the internodes, men and women live outside and women work at home. Everyday, women weave and sew clothes at home, prepare meals for families and raise children.
Rules of family lineage and inheritance
Hotsuma Tsutae stipulates in detail the continuation of the family line. According to it, it is originally the eldest son who inherits the family administration. However, if the eldest son is sick or does not fit the needs of the parents, the second son will take over the house. The heirs will take over the house, formally get married with a matchmaker arrangement, live in harmony with each other, and raise and raise children. In addition, heirs can have their children succeed to the house. The wife believes in her husband's affection, and seeks words of gentle love to live.
When a woman gets married, she gives her husband's family name
Hotsuma Tsutae bases a lineage of family lines on a man's family name. In other words, a woman loses the name of her parents' house when she marries to another family and takes on the name of her husband's house.
Summary
Since ancient times in Japan, the sun and moon were assigned to men and women as a metaphor for the family to continue. Certainly, it seems that men should be active and women should support it. If the man is kind and reliable like the sun, and the woman is merciful and beautiful like the moon.
Reference: 鳥居 礼／著 八幡書店完訳秀真伝1988
