方相氏

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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 (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

(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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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