Using several heretofore neglected but very significant sources of demo
graphic information for late nineteenth-century Japan, the study investigates the statis
tics for proportions marrying and age at first marriage in all the Japanese prefectures. It
establishes the existence of two patterns of marriage-one of early marriage in eastern
Japan and one of late marriage in western Japan. Several explanations for this division
are considered
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