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    3. 烏帽子

    烏帽子

    烏え帽ぼ子し

    eboshi

    KMT10News #41+1NounCulture & TraditionsHistoryKanji Vocab25 strokes

    えぼし

    Noun

    1.
    eboshi, black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
    historical term

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    昔むかしの貴き族ぞくは烏え帽ぼ子しをかぶっていた。

    Ancient nobles wore eboshi.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    烏え帽ぼ子しは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな衣い装しょうの一いち部ぶである。

    The eboshi is a part of traditional Japanese attire.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    能のう楽がくの舞ぶ台たいでは、役やく者しゃが烏え帽ぼ子しを着ちゃく用ようし、その役やく柄がらを表ひょう現げんする。

    On the Noh stage, actors wear eboshi to express their roles.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & EntertainmentArt & Design
    神じん社じゃの祭まつりで神しん職しょくが烏え帽ぼ子しを身みにつけているのを見みた。

    I saw Shinto priests wearing eboshi at a shrine festival.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくの肖しょう像ぞう画がには、必かならずと言いっていいほど烏え帽ぼ子しが描えがかれている。

    Eboshi are almost always depicted in portraits of Heian period nobles.

    KMT10HistoryArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    烏
    からす・いずくんぞ・なんぞ…(2)
    crow・raven
    帽
    ずきん・おお.う…(2)
    cap・headgear
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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