Red head - Akagashira

Japanese: 赤頭 - あかがしら

〘noun〙① Ungroomed, reddish-brown hair. Also, a person with such hair. ※Hoshishinshu (around 1216) vol. 5 "There was a cow climbing up the mountain, but the red -headed boy was not in sight." ※Haikai Inukoshu (1633) vol. 10 "A diver, his red head soaked in the oxen, shall I catch a duck hidden in the seaweed? (Shigeyori) " ② A wig made from the hair of animals such as yaks dyed red. In Noh and Kabuki, it is used as the head of a lion or a red-spotted monkey. It is used in Noh plays such as "Red Scarlet" and "Stone Bridge," and in Kabuki plays such as "Renjishi." ※Kanazoshi Yuusoshi (1632), part 2: "Items of the head of things (abbreviated) Eboshi head, Aka head, Kuro head, Jiutai head" ③ A type of helmet raincoat attached around the bowl of a modern helmet. ※Unpo Iroha (1548), "Kabuto ( abbreviated) Red head Akagashira" ④ Another name for the bird "Hidorigamo (Scarlet Duck)." ※Nippo Jisho (1603-04), "Acagaxira (Akagashira) (translation) A type of water bird" ※Haiku Takatsukuba (1638), part 4: "The azalea of the mountain head and the red head of the duck (Naoyuki) " ⑤ Another name for the plant "Akaza (Japanese chestnut)." [Wakun Shiori (1777-1862)] ⑥ Another name for the plant “akaso (red hemp).”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 手入れをしていない、赤茶けた頭髪。また、そういう頭髪の人。※発心集（1216頃か）五「かの牛物をおひてのぼるありつるに赤(アカ)がしらの童は見えず」※俳諧・犬子集（1633）一〇「海士人やうしほにぬれて赤頭浮藻かくれの鴨をとらばや〈重頼〉」② 獣のヤクなどの毛を赤く染めた鬘(かつら)。能楽や歌舞伎で獅子(しし)や猩猩(しょうじょう)の頭として用いる。能では「猩猩」「石橋」など、歌舞伎では「連獅子」などに用いられている。※仮名草子・尤双紙（1632）下「物のかしらの品々〈略〉ゑぼしの頭、あか頭、くろ頭、地謡頭」③ 近世の兜の鉢の周囲につけた兜蓑(かぶとみの)の一種。※運歩色葉（1548）「甲カブト〈略〉赤頭アカガシラ」④ 鳥「ひどりがも（緋鳥鴨）」の異名。※日葡辞書（1603‐04）「Acagaxira(アカガシラ)〈訳〉水鳥の一種」※俳諧・鷹筑波（1638）四「山頭(さんとう)の躑躅(つつじ)やかもの赤がしら〈直之〉」⑤ 植物「あかざ（藜）」の異名。〔和訓栞（1777‐1862）〕⑥ 植物「あかそ（赤麻）」の異名。

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