The female character could represent a mistress for the husband. It seems as it’s those times where the women have no say in the relationship and the men controlling the woman. I think they had to listen and obey to their husband but were tired of it. In Oseki case she ran away to her parents and tried to explain to them the situation.
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I can’t imagine not having any control, it sounds suffocating.
Very sad to see women back then not able to control their own lives without given the education to do so to progress further.