Yamato nadeshiko (やまとなでしこ or 大和撫子) is a Japanese term meaning the "personification of an idealized Japanese woman."[1] The term is the archetype of conservative and traditional femininity.[2]
- ^ Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary (5th edition, 2003)
- ^ Irene Gonzalez-Lopez, ed. (2018). Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 82.