角隠し
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 角 | 隠 |
| つの Grade: 2 |
かく(し) Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 角隱し (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
By surface analysis, 角 (tsuno, “horn”) + 隠し (kakushi, “hiding; hider”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 隠す (kakusu, “to hide something”).).[1][2][3] Appears in texts from the early 1800s.[1]
This derivation is listed in some sources as a reference to hiding a bride's "horns" of anger, jealousy, or other negative qualities, in order to present a more virtuous image for the wedding.[4][5] However, this interpretation might be a folk etymology resulting from a shift in the reading and meaning.
This specific headdress is described as arising in the Edo period as something worn by women when visiting a Buddhist temple.[4] In certain Buddhist sects, women visitors to temples were required to cover their hairlines in front, also known as the 角 (sumi, literally “corner”; the hairline sense possibly in reference to a widow's peak, or in reference to the top "edge" or "corners" of the forehead), the same portion of the hairline that was traditionally shaved off in men's fashions. The headdress may have been known originally as a 角隠し (sumi kakushi, literally “front-hairline hider”).
Such a shift may have been facilitated by the existence of partial synonym 角帽子 (tsuno bōshi, literally “horn hat”, also read as sumi bōshi in different contexts), originally referring to a different kind of headdress used since at least the Heian period of 794–1185. This consisted of a triangular piece of material with one corner pointing straight up from the wearer's forehead, and 角 (tsuno, “horn”) referred to the peak of the triangle.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
角隠し • (tsuno kakushi)
- a kind of bridal headdress made of a wide band of silk, commonly but not exclusively white, that encircles the bride's hair, with the topknot rising through the middle
- (Buddhism, historical) a specific kind of headdress worn by practitioners of 浄土真宗 (Jōdo Shinshū, “True Pure Land Buddhism”), of a similar boat shape as the modern bridal headdress, but originally made of black silk
Coordinate terms[edit]
- 綿帽子 (wata bōshi, literally “cotton hat”): another kind of bridal headdress
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “角隠し”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ “角隠し”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
Further reading[edit]
- Entry at Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)
- Japanese terms spelled with 角 read as つの
- Japanese terms spelled with 隠 read as かく
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Buddhism
- Japanese terms with historical senses