Bow legs - Kyusoku

Japanese: 弓足 - きゅうそく
Bow legs - Kyusoku
Foot binding. (My Thoughts, No. 31, Bowed Feet) I don't know when women's bowed feet started. ~Women throughout the province value their small feet, but everyone else has red feet and doesn't wear kimonos. It all depends on the climate of each region.

See the entry for "bow" in the kanji dictionary.

Source : Heibonsha "Popular version Jitsū" About the popular version Jitsū Information

Japanese:
纏足。〔余叢考、三十一、弓足〕女の弓足、何れの時にるかを知らず。~州中の女子、足小なるを以て貴しと爲すも、外の、皆赤脚種田し、ほ纏裹(てんくわ)せず。蓋(けだ)し各其の風土に隨ふ。

字通「弓」の項目を見る。

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