Ekidansho - Ekidansho

Japanese: 易断所 - えきだんしょ
Ekidansho - Ekidansho

…It is said that there were many such fortune tellers and eight trigram readers in the Tsujitsuji of the Edo period. Those who operated from home were called Ekidansho. In modern times, they have generally come to be called fortune tellers, and many of them also worked as appraisers. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ikedansho" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸の町のつじつじにはこうした易者,八卦見が多かったという。自宅営業は易断所といった。近代からは一般に易者といわれるようになり,鑑定兼業のものも多い。…

※「易断所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Ekichi

>>:  Egita Irrigation Canal

Recommend

Cinema (English spelling)

... Meanwhile, in France, in 1892 (some say 1893)...

convention

…In the United States, it is used to mean any kin...

Tungusic peoples - Tungus

A general term for people who speak Manchu-Tungusi...

Takayoin Toneri - Kayanoinkata Toneri

…The privileges of the chief guardsmen included a...

Certificates

…the order Ceratitida, which showed remarkable ad...

movement

…(1) In modern times, gagaku is used as the small...

Oura Gondayu - Oura Gondayu

...After the Yanagawa Incident in 1635 (Kan'e...

Boulevard Theatre (English: theatre of the boulevard)

A term for French popular comedy. Boulevard is a ...

Montagu, ES (English spelling) MontaguES

…This report, submitted to the British Parliament...

Manilius, Marcus

A Roman poet active in the first half of the 1st c...

Moksha

...The population of speakers is 1,154,000 (1989)...

Abdul Muis - Abdul Muis

...Indonesia literature was established in the 19...

Playa - English spelling playa Spanish

A flat sedimentary plain found in the lowlands of...

Otsu Magistrate - Otsu Daikan

〘Noun〙 A position established by the Edo Shogunate...

Kanshu - Giant Bracken

Plant. Evergreen perennial plant of the Dryopteris...