Butterfly - Butterfly

Japanese: 胡蝶 - コチョウ

The name of the 24th chapter of the Tale of Genji. Tamakazura Tamakazura The story depicts how even her adoptive father, Genji, falls in love with her.
Abbreviation for "Kocho-raku."
Noh play. The third piece. Kanze, Hosho, Kongo school. When a traveling monk was looking at plum blossoms, the butterfly spirit appeared and lamented that he had no luck with plum blossoms. Merit Repeatedly It is through this power that connections are made.
The name of a character that appears in the Nagauta dance "Kagamijishi." They appear as a pair and dance between the first and second parts, and in the second part lion Lion Involved.
(Cho) A novel by Yamada Bimyo. Published in 1889. Set in Dannoura, it tells the story of Cho, a lady-in-waiting on the side of the Heike clan, and Cho, a lady-in-waiting on the side of the Genji clan. spy Director It depicts the tragedy of...

A scene from the Tale of Genji, The Butterfly / Painting by Ogata Gekko, National Diet Library

Ko-chou [-tef] [ ^× ko ^× butterfly / ^× hsmear ^× butterfly]

1. Another name for the insect butterfly . Half Town Downtown "Nitobu-kana/Kokaku"
2. The name of a crest. A stylized butterfly shape.
[Additional information] Entries by work title. → Butterfly

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

源氏物語第24帖の巻の名。貴公子たちが求愛する玉鬘たまかずらに養父源氏までが懸想するさまを描く。
「胡蝶楽」の略。
謡曲。三番目物。観世・宝生・金剛流。旅僧が梅を見ていると、胡蝶の精が現れ、梅花にだけ縁のないことを嘆くが、法華経の功徳くどくの力で縁ができる。
長唄「鏡獅子」の舞踊に登場する役名。前段と後段の間のつなぎに二人で登場して舞い、また後段では獅子ししに絡む。
（蝴蝶）山田美妙の小説。明治22年（1889）発表。壇ノ浦を舞台に、平家方の女房蝴蝶と、源氏方の間諜かんちょうとの悲劇を描く。

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