Yellow Robe - Koue

Japanese: 黄衣 - こうえ

〘Noun〙 ("e" is the Go-on pronunciation of "clothes")① A light blue jacket. Something worn by people without rank. ※Shoku Nihongi - Showa 7th year (840), June Xinyou "Exile Ono no Takamura enters the capital. He presents _two yellow robes _in gratitude." ※Taiheiki (late 14th century), verse 13 "A diviner wearing yellow robes has written a vertical letter on a branch of a sakaki tree." [Analects - Gyo-tang]② A yellow robe. A yellow robe worn by monks. However, originally yellow was the main color and was not used for monk's robes. ※San Tendai Godaisanki (1072-73), verse 6 "This was only because of the Great Master's influence, and many of the courtiers, elders, and other guests in the courtyard wore yellow robes." [Sangshi Ryaku - Vol. 1]

Ou-e- wau... [Yellow Robe]

〘 noun 〙 Yellow robes. In China, since the Ming Dynasty, they have been worn by monks of the Protestant Lamaist religion.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「え」は「衣」の呉音)① あさぎ色の上着。無位の人が着用するもの。※続日本後紀‐承和七年（840）六月辛酉「流人小野篁入京。披_二黄衣_一以拝謝」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一三「黄衣(クヮウエ)著たる神人、榊の枝に立文(たてぶみ)を著て」〔論語‐郷党〕② 黄色の法衣。僧の着る黄色の衣。ただし、もとは黄色を正色として、僧衣には用いなかった。※参天台五台山記（1072‐73）六「是只被響応大師故也者、院中老宿等多著黄衣」〔僧史略‐上〕