The great stress on virginity held by modern Japanese society comes from the ideology of the samurai society, where the highest importance was attached to inheriting the family's estate properly, as well as the chastity valued by Christianity, which had spread since the Meiji period.
現代日本における処女性重視は近代以前の武家社会における志向（家督の正統継承）と、明治維新以後、キリスト教由来の貞操観念が普及したことに起因する。