Mirror Hall - Kagami no ma

Japanese: 鏡の間 - かがみのま

1. On the stage of Noh theater, a room inside the agemaku curtain that leads from the dressing room to the bridge. It is so named because it always has a full-length mirror hanging there. Just before appearing, actors check their costumes and put on their masks here. On the edge of the curtain. → Noh stage. *Zappai, Yanagi Taru-Hachishi (1825), "The room of mirrors packed together with all four seats of the country." 2. In theaters during the Edo period, the space between the daijinbashira pillars, that is, the area equivalent to the main stage. [Gijyo Kunmō Zui (1803)] 3. A room surrounded by mirrors on all four sides. The one at the Palace of Versailles is famous.

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Japanese:

① 能楽の舞台で、楽屋から橋懸りに出る揚幕(あげまく)の内にある部屋。常に姿見鏡を掛けてあるのでいう。役者は登場直前にここで装束を映したり、面(おもて)をつける。幕際。→能舞台。※雑俳・柳多留‐八四（1825）「天下一四座相つめる鏡の間」② 江戸時代、劇場で、大臣柱(だいじんばしら)と大臣柱の間、すなわち本舞台に相当する所。〔戯場訓蒙図彙（1803）〕③ 四方に鏡を張りめぐらしてある部屋。ベルサイユ宮殿のものは名高い。

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