@misc{10481/75542,
year = {2014},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75542},
abstract = {This paper focuses on childbirth in Japan’s aristocratic households during the Heian
period (794-1185). Drawing on various sources, including court diaries, visual sources, literary
records, and Japan’s first medical collection, with its assortment of gynaecological and obstetric
prescriptions, as well as Buddhist and other ritual texts, this short excursion into the cultural
history of childbirth offers an insight into how childbirth was experienced and managed in
Heian Japan. In particular, it addresses the variety of ideas, knowledge systems and professionals
involved in framing and supporting the process of childbirth in elite households. In so doing, it
casts light on the complex background of early Japanese medicine and healthcare for women.},
organization = {German Research Council (DFG)},
organization = {Cluster of
Excellence «Asia and Europe in a Global Context»},
publisher = {Universidad de Granada},
keywords = {Parto},
keywords = {Rituales de partos},
keywords = {Parteras},
keywords = {Médicos},
keywords = {Período Heian},
keywords = {Japón},
keywords = {Childbirth},
keywords = {Childbirth rituals},
keywords = {Midwives},
keywords = {Physicians},
keywords = {Heian Japan},
title = {Childbirth in aristocratic households of Heian Japan},
doi = {10.4321/S0211-95362014000200005},
author = {Andreeva, Anna},
}