Ganmon

Japanese: 雁門 - がんもん

[1] (From the fact that Buddha is called the Wild Goose King) Buddhist priest. ※Honsho Monsui (c. 1060) 13: Self-written Lotus Sutra Prayer for Offerings〈Prince Kaneakira〉" _{Respectfully,} the Teacher of Ganmon, _Lecture , _Performance _of the Verse of Vajrapani" [2][1] A mountain in the north of Shanxi Province, China. An important point for the defense of the northern border of China. Wild Goose Mountain. A mountain with a commentary. [2] A hole that the First Emperor built to allow wild geese to pass through because the embankment of the Xianyang Palace was too high for the geese to cross. It is thought to be a Japanese invented tale. ※Heike (before the 13th century) 5: "Because they could fly freely, they named the embankment "Ganmon" and wished to open the iron gate to let them through." [3] The name of a county in the northwest of Shanxi Province, China. Established by Zhao during the Warring States period. [Records of the Grand Historian - Biography of Han Changru] [IV] (Because (I) was an important point in the north of China) Another name for the pleasure quarters in the north of Edo Castle, New Yoshiwara.

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Japanese:

[1] (仏陀を雁王と称するところから) 仏門。※本朝文粋（1060頃）一三・供養自筆法華経願文〈兼明親王〉「敬_二鴈門之師_一講_二演鷲峯之偈_一」[2][一] 中国、山西省北部にある山。中国北辺守備の重要な地点。雁山。句注山。[二] 咸陽宮の築地が高いため雁が越えられないことがあるので、始皇帝が雁の通り抜けられるように設けたという穴。日本で創作された説話と思われる。※平家（１３Ｃ前）五「飛行自在のさはりあれば、築地には鴈門となづけて、鉄の門をあけてぞとほしける」[三] 中国、山西省北西部の郡名。戦国時代、趙の置いたもの。〔史記‐韓長孺伝〕[四] ((一)が中国北方の要所であったところから) 江戸城北方に当たる遊里、新吉原の異称。※雑俳・柳多留拾遺（1801）巻一二上「雁門のはしごへのほる酒きけん」

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