方相

Japanese

Kanji in this term
方 相
ほう
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほーそー [hòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

方(ほう)相(そう) • (hōsō) ←はうさう (fausau)?

  1. (Buddhism) directional barriers placed to set a place for Buddhist training apart from the outside world
  2. (obsolete) short for 方相氏 (hōsōshi, “the figure who drives away demonss at 追儺 (tsuina, “year end festival to exorcise evil”), also led the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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