Family tradition - Kaden

Japanese: 家伝 - かでん

〘noun〙① Something that has been handed down for generations in a family. Also, the thing itself. Also, the theories and the like being handed down between master and disciple. Also, the thing that has been handed down. Hereditary transmission. ※Inryoken Nikki - December 16, 1488, Chokyo 2 "I said, Master Daikou is such a person. Pa said, he is a direct disciple of the founder. He is a _{simple man} . Daikou's younger master Gyokutan. The younger master was Shunbo. It _{has been handed down} for generations and is a simple family tradition, etc." ※Kabuki - Osome Hisamatsu Ikiyomihan (1813), middle act "The family medicine brought to Osome" [Chen Shu - Kosoden] ② A book that records the achievements of a family that is passed down. A book that compiles things that have been handed down in a family. Under the Ritsuryo system, records of distinguished families were collected by the Ministry of Ceremonies, edited, and stored. [Reishu Kai (868)] [Xie Lingun - Sanjufu]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① その家に先祖代々伝わっていること。また、そのもの。また、学説などが師弟の間で伝承されること。また、その伝わっているもの。相伝。※蔭凉軒日録‐長享二年（1488）一二月一六日「愚云、大亨和尚其人如何々々。坡云、開山直弟也。精_レ易。大亨小師玉潭。々々小師栴望。代々伝_レ易々家伝也云々」※歌舞伎・お染久松色読販（1813）中幕「お染へ持参の家伝の良薬」〔陳書‐江総伝〕② 相承される家の事蹟を記した書物。家に言い伝えられた事柄を編んだ書物。令制では、功績のある家々の記録が式部省に集められて編集、保管されていた。〔令集解（868）〕〔謝霊運‐山居賦〕

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