Kiso

Japanese: 木曾 - きそ

[1][1] Southwestern Nagano Prefecture, east of Ontake, west of the Kiso Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Kiso River. It corresponds to present-day Kiso District (formerly Nishichikuma District). It is one of the leading forest areas in Japan, producing high-quality timber. It once belonged to Mino Province, but later became part of Shinano Province. During the Edo period, it was owned by the Owari Domain. It is also written as Kiso, Kisu, Yoshiso, or Gisou. → Kiso Road, Kiso Valley, and Mount Kiso. [2] Refers to Kiso Yoshinaka. [3] Noh play. The fourth piece. Kanze school. Author unknown. Also known as "Hanyu " and "Kiso Gansho." From the Tale of the Heike. When Kiso Yoshinaka set up camp at Hanyu in Etchu Province, his right-hand man, Kakumei, wrote a petition and dedicated it to Hachiman Shrine. He then held a banquet to celebrate his departure, and achieved a great victory at Kurikara . [2] 〘Noun〙 A wooden sword used for displaying boys on their festivals. Shobu-gatana (Japanese iris sword). ※Essays, Kiyū Shōran (1830), 9. “In the ‘Razan Bunshū’, in the year of Keian, in the year of the Rataka Rat, in the fifth month, a boy stands with a paper hat made of Kiso paper. This means that the Shobu-gatana is called Kiso.”

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Japanese:

[1][一] 長野県南西部、御嶽の東、木曾山脈の西側、木曾川の上流域を占める地域。現在の木曾郡（旧西筑摩郡）にあたる。国内有数の森林地帯で良材の産地。古くは美濃国に属したが、のち信濃国に属することとなった。江戸時代は尾張藩が領有した。岐曾、岐蘇、吉祖、岐岨とも表記。→木曾路・木曾谷・木曾山。[二] 木曾義仲をいう。[三] 謡曲。四番目物。観世流。作者不詳。別名「埴生(はにゅう)」「木曾願書」。「平家物語」による。木曾義仲が越中国埴生に陣をしいた時、右筆の覚明は願書を書いて八幡宮に奉納する。そして、酒宴を開いて出陣を祝い、倶利伽羅(くりから)で大勝利をおさめる。[2] 〘名〙男児の節句に飾る木刀。菖蒲刀(しょうぶがたな)。※随筆・嬉遊笑覧（1830）九「『羅山文集』慶安辛卯五月云々童児立紙幡木曾、これは菖蒲刀を木曾といへり」

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