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)^?}

(obsolete) in ancient Japan, the role driving away devils at a certain religious ceremony, or the driver of the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor

Synonyms

方相(ほうそう) (hōsō)

References

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

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