Change of name - Kaimei

Japanese: 改名 - かいめい

〘Noun〙① To change one's name. To give one a new name. Currently, this is permitted with the permission of the family court. Kaimyo. [Family tradition (around 760)] *From the Hogen period (possibly around 1220): "Heimasuke was renamed Chuin because it was thought that the name was the same as that of the then chief priest Kazan-in Chunagon Tadamasa." [Bai Juyi - Poem about a brother who travels to Zhongzhou to Jiangling after traveling on a boat] ② In Zen Buddhism, to change one's Buddhist name. In an era when the family characters for each sect were set, this could also mean changing one's sect. *Kuka Nichiyo Koujutsu Ryakushu - June 1, 1370 (Oan 3): " _A monk came to _{me in} Keitai (abbreviated) and asked me to change _my _name . I _{did not agree} , and he said, _In _general , people change their names nowadays, _and _Buddhism declines."

Kai-myo ‥myau [name changed]

〘Name〙 (also "gaimyo") = Kaimei (change of name) ※Taike in Takano (before the 13th century) 4 "He changed his name to Kaimyo and went to the eastern provinces as an envoy of the imperial decree."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 名を改めること。改めて名をつけること。現在は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て認められる。かいみょう。〔家伝（760頃）〕※保元（1220頃か）中「平馬助をば、其の時の別当花山院中納言忠雅と、同名あしかりなんとて、忠員と改名せられてけり」〔白居易‐江州赴忠州至江陵以来舟中示舎弟詩〕② 禅宗で、法名を改めること。門派ごとの系字が定まっている時代には転派することを意味する場合もある。※空華日用工夫略集‐応安三年（1370）六月一日「慶帯_二一僧_一来〈略〉求_二改名_一。余不_レ肯、対_二其人_一云、凡今時改名、多為_二名利_一仏法衰微」