Kyo-oshiroi (face powder)

Japanese: 京白粉 - きょうおしろい
Kyo-oshiroi (face powder)
〘Noun〙 High-quality white powder produced in Kyoto. Used in the early Edo period. ※Haiku poem Inukoshu (1633) 6 "Furuyuki wa Kyoto oshiroi to miyako na (Shigeyori)"

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 京都産の上等な白粉。江戸時代初期に使われた。※俳諧・犬子集(1633)六「ふる雪は京おしろいとみやこ哉〈重頼〉」

出典 精選版 日本国語大辞典精選版 日本国語大辞典について 情報

<<:  Kyoodori - Kyoodori

>>:  《Guide to entertaining》 - Guide for entertaining

Recommend

braies

...The horse-riding nomads of the ancient Orient ...

"Kawachiya Yoshimasa Chronicle" - Kawachiya Yoshimasa Chronicle

...He explains why this is so, saying that it is ...

Official German Vocabulary - Kanban Doitsutangohen

… [Learning German in Japan] The serious study of...

Educational Science Research Association

...All of these educational activities went beyon...

Gas springs

…The principle of operation of bellows-type air s...

highway robber

...It is also suggestive that in ancient times th...

ERP

- An abbreviation for Enterprise Resource Planning...

Hansel and Gretel - Hänsel und Gretel

This is the 15th story in Grimm's Fairy Tales...

Karasuki - Karasuki

→ Plow Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPed...

Light-hearted impersonation - Light-hearted impersonation

...The former name for street performance. It was...

Door of Seki - Sekinoto

Kabuki dance piece. Tokiwazu. Original title: &quo...

Philippe Pétain

French soldier and politician. He studied at the ...

Sumitomo Corporation - Sumitomo Shoji

A major general trading company of the Sumitomo Za...

Jerusalem artichoke - Jerusalem artichoke

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family (APG c...

saucer bug

…An insect of the Hemiptera family, family Corobo...