"The five worst infirmities that afflict the female are indocility, discontent, slander, jealousy, and silliness."
— Kaibara Ekken

January 1, 1970

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Onna Daigaku (c. 1729) sec. 6. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Women and Wisdom of Japan (London: John Murray, 1905)