Onna Daigaku

It is frequently attributed to Japanese botanist and educator Kaibara Ekken.

The Onna Daigaku is cited as Ekken's most popular book, which was often gifted to new brides due to its accessible tone and a lack of general instructional materials for new families.

[2] The book suggests that women are too stupid to trust themselves and must "distrust herself and obey her husband".

[2] Scholars point to the wide circulation of the text as reflective of Edo-period misogyny.

[4] The book encourages several grounds for a husband to divorce his wife, including disobedience to her in-laws, infertility (unless a barren woman allows for adoption of a concubine's child), lewdness, jealousy, leprosy, talking too much, or compulsive thievery.