Katsura man

Japanese: 桂男 - かつらおとこ

〘Noun〙① (from "Katsura (Katsura)②") A legendary man who lives in the world of the moon. Katsurao. Katsura man. A person from Katsura. 《Season・Autumn》※Sagomo Monogatari (around 1069-77) 4 "Will the Katsura man also feel the same pity when he looks at him?"② A man of fine appearance. A handsome man. Katsurao. Katsura man. ※Joruri, Shusse Kagekiyo (1685), Doyuki: “A wig-wearing man who cannot be caught, alas, how stubborn he is, When will he be able to ride on the mountain, and how he cry out for the ties of his body?” [Additional notes] ① is from an old legend in “Youyo Zassho-Ama-ga,” which says that in the moon, there is a 500-meter-tall Katsura tree, and beneath it, a man named Gogo, who studied Taoism, would always slash at people with an axe as punishment for his sins, but as soon as he made the cut, the opening would close up.

Katsura-o ... [Katsura-o]

〘Noun〙① = Katsura man ①※Fuki (around 1310) 13 “In autumn, the sea where boats are rowed in the Katsura moon is called Akashi Bay (Seishin)” ② = Katsura man ②※Haikai・Kokin Haikai Meidaishu (1763) Summer “A Katsura man is sandwiched between two Suzumi (Sayo) ”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (「かつら（桂）②」から) 月の世界に住んでいるという伝説上の男。かつらお。かつらおのこ。桂の人。《季・秋》※狭衣物語（1069‐77頃か）四「かつらおとこも、同じ心に『あはれ』とや見奉るらん」② 容姿のりっぱな男。美男子。かつらお。かつらおのこ。※浄瑠璃・出世景清（1685）道行「手にはとられぬかつらおとこの、ああいぶりさは、いつあをのりもかだのりと、身のさがらめをなのりそや」[補注]①は「酉陽雑俎‐天咫」に、古くからの言い伝えとして、月の中に高さ五〇〇丈の桂があり、その下で仙道を学んだ呉剛という男が、罪をおかした罰としていつも斧をふるってきりつけているが、きるそばからそのきり口がふさがる、とある伝説による。