Mukotorikon

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'''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<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ko|first=Dorothy|date=January 2008|title=The Creation of Patriarchy in Japan: Wakita Haruko's "women in Medieval Japan" From a Comparative Perspective|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1479591407000939/type/journal_article|journal=International Journal of Asian Studies|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=87–96|doi=10.1017/S1479591407000939|s2cid=145663915 |issn=1479-5914|url-access=subscription}}</ref> which was largely superseded by a system of patrilocal marriage, as some men became in charge of units ''ie'' or ''za'' following changes in society such as the decline of the ''ritsuryo''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.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Wakita|last=Haruko|url=https://worldcat.org/oclc/873441741|title=Women in medieval Japan: motherhood, household management and sexuality|date=2006|publisher=Monash Asia Institute|isbn=1-876924-45-4|oclc=873441741}}</ref>

== See also == Marriage in Japan

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Category:Types of marriage