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This paper pay attention to the sociocultural aspects of tales from the Japanese folklore known as the name of <stupid son-in-law(Orokamuko)>. <Stupid son-in-law> is one of the well-known representative tales along with such as <stupid town(Orokamura)> and <silly bride(Orokayome)>. First, when viewed from the angle of the evolution theory of tales, <stupid son-in-law> is closely related to the marriage system called Mukoiricon (聟入婚) in Japan. Of marriage institutions, pay attention to that the folk practices called Mukoizime (聟いじめ) involved in Mukoiricon are especially associated with. Mukoizime means a kind of groom bullying practices against new groom, in which apply a variety of sanctions on him in JapanSecond, pointed out the relevance between the foolish words and actions by groom who appeared in <Stupid son-in-law>, and the cultural endemism in his wife's home. <Stupid son-in-law> tales were often occurred in the process of grooms' adapting to different cultures, called wife's home for a groom who begins to live in his wife's home after the marriage. Third, the groom appeared in <stupid son-in-law> was originally not a fool. That is a result that the strict eyes of his wife's home and the people in the village who looks at a strict experimental eyes did action on the groom transferred from the outside world. As a result that the eyes have linked to the generation of folk tales, <stupid son-in-law> was born.

Japanese folktales, anamusingstory, foolish grooms, Mukoijime, different culture