Crow star

Japanese: 犂星 - からすきぼし
Crow star

...There is a folk song from Mt. Ishizuchi that goes, "There are places where the Sumaru and Kaseboshi can enter, but we don't have the Shiso-boshi (the four-three stars = the Big Dipper) in there." Karasukiboshi (crow star) is another name for the "three stars" of Orion. It appears as "Sanri-boshi" in the 1597 (Keicho 2) "Irinhon Setsuyoshu," and is listed as the Japanese name for Mitsuboshi (triple star) in many "Setsuyoshu" and dictionaries from the Edo period....

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお石鎚山の里謡に〈スマル,カセボシ入るく(処)はあるがわしらシソボシ(四三星=北斗)入るくない〉というのがある。 犂星(からすきぼし)オリオンの〈三つ星〉の異名。1597年(慶長2)の《易林本節用集》に〈参犂星〉とあるのをはじめ江戸時代の《節用集》や字引の多くに参星(みつぼし)の和名として載せてある。…

※「犂星」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。

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