Open bath - Kaiyoku

Japanese: 開浴 - かいよく
Open bath - Kaiyoku
〘 noun 〙 A term used in Zen Buddhism to refer to opening the bathhouse and taking a bath. There is a rule of taking a bath once a day in summer and once every five days in winter. ※Seiken Nikki - Bunmei 18 (1486) April 29th "Evening bathing at Cho, Kei ni ken small fraud, after opening the bath, I use hot water to wash and moxa the sores."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 浴室を開いて入浴することをいう禅宗の用語。夏は毎日一回、冬は五日に一回とする清規(しんぎ)の規律がある。※蔗軒日録‐文明一八年(1486)四月二九日「晩入超・恵二人之軒小詐、開浴之次、以湯洗灸瘡云」

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