-Sử Sachiko Kaneko mô tả cuộc đấu tranh cho quyền bầu cử của phụ nữ và những thay đổi trong hệ thống gia đình từ thời Minh Trị đến cuối thế kỷ hai mươi trong "Đấu tranh cho quyền pháp lý và cải cách." | called sato-gaeri. With the exception of apprentices and emigrant sato-gaeri cannot be done by men or unmarried women becausi at least in some psychological sense they have never left then hometowns. The sato-gaeri ceremonial visit served to confirm till marriage so most brides made their first brief homecoming visit on the third or fifth day after the wedding. Later when they well enormously pregnant with their first baby they left their husband behind and returned again to give birth and learn infant can under the wing of their own mother. Many expectant mothers and fathers in contemporary Japan still want the woman s mother to guide her through the birthinr process. Now as in olden times staying with her own parent also lets the new mother relax to the fullest freeing her from till responsibility of looking after her husband. Far from feeling let I out the new father generally welcomes the fact that both will and baby will be cared for by someone with experience in SIH II matters. It continues to be common for women to return to then hometowns for birth followed by a month of recuperation. Fol subsequent births the pregnant woman often stays put while her mother comes to look after the pregnant daughter and grandchildren. Babies used to be born in small buildings constructed for purpose called birth huts san-goya or ubuya . In some village in Fukui Prefecture women continued to give birth in these hill until around 1965. When a woman s time was at hand she likely to be attended not only by her mother but also by othci female relatives and neighbors as well as the midwife who called a birth granny sanba . This intimate community ol experienced child-bearers would provide encouragement advice and massages for the woman in labor which is called battle pain Jintsu written with a character jin usually used in mil itary contexts. Women were expected to endure this pain silently After the birth the assistants cut the umbilical cord and washed the baby. .
