力士舞

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Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Derived from Middle Chinese 力士 (MC lik dzriX) + 舞ひ (mapi1, dance).

Noun

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力士舞 (RIKI1ZIMAPI1)

  1. a type of masked performance; the performer plays the role of a Buddhist guardian deity, carries an axe, and dances
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3831:
      池神力土儛可母白鷺乃桙啄持而飛渡良武
      IKEGAMI2 NO2 RIKI1ZIMAPI1 kamo SIRASAGI1 no2 POKO2 KUPI1 MOTITE TO2BI1 WATARU ramu
      The pond deity's strong dance! [She] holds a spear of a white heron in her mouth, and keeps on flying around through.

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