方相氏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
方 相 氏
ほう
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: 3 		し
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほーそーし [hòósóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːso̞ːɕi]

Noun

方(ほう)相(そう)氏(し) • (hōsōshi) ←はうさうし (fausausi)?

  1. (obsolete) 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
    Synonym: 方相 (hōsō)

References

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