Nine Days

Japanese: 九曜 - くよう

〘Noun〙① The seven stars of Sun, Moon, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with the addition of the stars Rago and Keito . Originally, it was the name of the nine planets enumerated in Indian astronomy, and became known in Japan through the star beliefs of esoteric Buddhism, where Onmyō scholars would assign them to people's birth dates and months to tell their fortunes. Nine Stars. Nine Stars . Nine Stars . ※Heike (before the 13th century) 2 "Heaven took pity on the abbot, who was to be exiled for a crime he did not commit, and took on the form of the nine stars to protect him." ※Warambesa (1660) 1 "Recently, the abbot of the light, Moonlight Bodhisattva, Golden Wheel Star, 28 Mansions, Nine Stars, Seven Stars, Twelve Stars, Southern Star, Big Dipper, Main Star, Yearly Star, and other deities were summoned to protect the abbot." ② Name of a crest. A type of star crest. Modeled after ①. A large circle surrounded by eight small circles. Others of this type include the nine stars, the missing nine stars, the shadow nine stars, the diamond nine stars, the flat nine stars, and the divided nine stars. Nine stars crest . Nine stars. Nine stars. Nine stars. ※Warambegusa (1660) 1 "The feathers of a split hawk are crossed to form _{a crest} , and the nine stars are also used." ③ A mark of ② given to prostitutes who earned 10 momme in the Shinagawa pleasure quarter during the Edo period as a sign of their rank . The highest rank in Shinagawa. By extension, the Shinagawa pleasure quarter. Nine stars. ※Sharakuhon, Omome Tomonojo (around 1789-1802) 1 "The bonfires of hunting boats resemble the karakami paper on the front and show the shapes of the seven stars and nine stars ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 日・月・火・水・木・金・土の七曜星に、羅睺(らご)星と計都(けいと)星を加えたもの。本来は、インドの天文学で九惑星として数えあげた名称で、日本には、密教の星辰信仰を介して知られるようになり、陰陽(おんよう)家が、人の生年月などに配当して運命を占った。九曜星(くようせい)。九曜の星。九星(きゅうせい)。※平家（１３Ｃ前）二「無実の罪によって、遠流の重科をかうぶる事を、天道あはれみ給ひて、九曜のかたちを現じつつ、一行阿闍梨をまもり給ふ」※わらんべ草（1660）一「先日光天子、月光菩薩、金輪(こんりん)星、二十八宿、九曜(くヤウ)、七星、十二星、南辰、北斗、本命星、当年星、其外諸神を勧請せしめ、其主をまもり給ふ也」② 紋所の名。星紋の一種。①にかたどったもの。一つの大円のまわりを八つの小円が囲んでいる形。この類に、九曜、抜け九曜、陰の九曜、菱九曜、平形九曜、割九曜などがある。九曜紋。九曜星(くようぼし)。九曜の星。九星(くせい)。※わらんべ草（1660）一「割鷹の羽を違(たがへ)て、為_レ紋、又九曜(くヨウ)をもする也」③ 江戸時代、品川の遊里で、揚代一〇匁(もんめ)の遊女の位付(くらいづけ)としてつけた②のしるし。品川で最高位。転じて、品川遊里。九曜の星。※洒落本・面美知之娌（1789‐1802頃）一「猟舟の篝(かかり)は正面の唐紙に似て七星九星(くヤウ)の形をあらはし」

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