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    3. 井筒

    井筒

    井い筒づつ

    well curb

    KMT9News #27+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    いづつ

    Noun

    1.
    well curb, well kerb
    2.
    family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    昔むかしの家いえには井い戸どと井い筒づつがあった。

    Old houses had wells and well curbs.

    KMT6HistoryHome & Housing
    この庭にわには古ふるい井い筒づつが残のこされており、歴れき史しを感かんじさせる。

    An old well curb remains in this garden, making one feel its history.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    家か紋もんの中なかには、井い筒づつをモチーフにしたデザインが多おおく見みられる。

    Among family crests, many designs based on the well curb motif can be seen.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    井い筒づつは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな庭てい園えんによく見みられる要よう素その一ひとつだ。

    The well curb is one of the elements often seen in traditional Japanese gardens.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignNature & Environment
    能のうの演えん目もく「井い筒づつ」は、在あり原わらの業なり平ひらと紀きの有あり常つねの娘むすめの恋こい物ものが語たりを描えがいている。

    The Noh play 'Izutsu' depicts the love story of Ariwara no Narihira and Ki no Aritsune's daughter.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    井
    い…(5)
    well・well crib・town・community
    筒
    つつ…(1)
    cylinder・pipe・tube・gun barrel・sleeve
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