Akagami - Red paper

Japanese: 赤紙 - あかがみ

〘noun〙① Red paper. It was pasted on lanterns and statues of Nio ( guardian deities) as a talisman against smallpox. ※Storybook, Kotoba no Hana (1797), Mizuuri: "You probably don't have a lantern ready. Go buy some red paper."② Red paper pasted on urgent letters. ※Reading book, Kappo Ichidai Banashi (1794), 5: "He grabbed a number of Japanese documents from the chest of drawers, and gradually lined up the ones with red papers and those with red papers attached."③ = Akashinbun (red newspaper) ※Hinobashira (1904), Kinoshita Naoe, 12: "At some point, Umeko's gaze fell on the third page of the red paper that was unfolded on the desk."④ (Due to the use of red paper) Originally a colloquial name for a military conscription notice. ※Yumesei War Diary〈Tokugawa Musei〉 October 22, 1943 (Showa 18) “Today, director Yoshimura Kozaburo suddenly received a red paper.” ⑤ A slang term for a notice of seizure.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 赤色の紙。疱瘡(ほうそう)のまじないとして行灯(あんどん)・仁王像などに貼ったりした。※咄本・詞葉の花（1797）水瓜「行燈の用意があるまい。赤紙(アカガミ)を買って来たがよい」② 急を要する書状に貼りつけた赤い紙。※読本・川童一代噺（1794）五「箪笥の引出しからつかみ出す日文の数々、店走りと赤紙付の文どもを次第にならべて」③ ＝あかしんぶん（赤新聞）※火の柱（1904）〈木下尚江〉一二「梅子の視線は、いつしか机上に開展されたる赤紙の第三面に落ちて」④ (赤色の紙を用いたことから) もと、軍の召集令状の俗称。※夢声戦争日記〈徳川夢声〉昭和一八年（1943）一〇月二二日「今日、突如吉村公三郎監督に赤紙が来て」⑤ 差押えの貼り紙の俗称。

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