Lion's head

Japanese: 獅子頭 - ししがしら

〘noun〙① lion's head. (i) A wooden lion's head used in lion dancing. Lion. ※Okanhon Nohkyoku, Mochizuki (c. 1586) "The lion's head or yatsubachi (a drumstick) that is taken off because it is the right time to do so, strike it or strike it." (b) A lion's head placed in a pair with a guardian dog at a shrine. ※Haiku, Koya (1689) 8 "The old palace, the snow-covered lion's head (tsuriyuki)" ② = Shishimai (lion dance) [Season, New Year] ※Masakagami (c. 1368-76) 11 "The things that are set up in various places, such as bugaku, dengaku, lion dance, and yabusame, are fascinating." ③ Abbreviation of "shishigashira (lion's head) helmet." ※Joruri Kanadehon Chushingura (1748) 1 "The famous star helmet of Kamakurayama, with its big head" ④ Refers to the boards and lion mouths on both ends of the ridge. Shishioki. ※Takumi (1608-10 ) Monkishu "The lion head is the same height as the pillars. The top should be two bu high and the width should be set to the same width. The bottom should be two bu high. The top corners should be three-tiered with two sashes in the middle. It should also be set on the sides." ⑤ A name for the fleshy bump on the head of a goldfish. It looks like it is wearing a lion mask. It is mainly seen in Ranchu, so it is also another name for the Ranchu itself. There are also other varieties of goldfish that have such bumps, such as the Oranda Shishigashira and Azuma Shiki. *Sainhate (1964-71) by Tsumura Setsuko, 4 "When the young orchid fish start to change color and the fleshy bumps called lion whites begin to swell, then..." ⑥ An evergreen perennial plant of the Polypodiaceae family. It grows under forests in mountainous areas in various places. The leaves grow in large numbers and are dimorphic, consisting of vegetative leaves and sporophyll leaves. The young leaves are pale pink, with brown linear scales growing densely at their base. The vegetative leaves are 30-40 cm long and 4-6 cm wide, oblanceolate, and unipinnately compound, divided into numerous linear pinnae. The sporophyll leaves have long, upright stalks, smaller pinnae than the vegetative leaves and are somewhat sparse, producing sporangia on the underside. Centipede. Japanese bush warbler. Sardine bone. Mackerel. [Nihon Shokubutsu Naihonga (1884)] ⑦ A horticultural variety of camellia. The flowers are double and small to medium-sized. The flowers are pink, and the leaves are small and somewhat thin. The plant is weak and is used for cut flowers. ⑧ A local toy. A small version of the lion's head used in lion dancing.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 獅子の頭。(イ) 獅子舞に用いる、木製の獅子の頭。獅子。※大観本謡曲・望月（1586頃）「折こそよしとて脱ぎ置く獅子頭、又は八撥(やつばち)を、打てや打てと」(ロ) 神社で、狛犬(こまいぬ)と対にして置かれている獅子の頭。※俳諧・曠野（1689）八「古宮や雪しるかかる獅子頭〈釣雪〉」② ＝ししまい（獅子舞）《季・新年》※増鏡（1368‐76頃）一一「舞楽、田楽、ししがしら、流鏑馬(やぶさめ)など、さまざま所にしつけたる事どもおもしろし」③ 「ししがしら（獅子頭）の兜」の略。※浄瑠璃・仮名手本忠臣蔵（1748）一「名にしおふ、鎌倉山の星兜、とっぱい頭(がしら)しし頭」④ 大棟の両端にある鬼板・獅子口をいう。獅子置(ししおき)。※匠明（1608‐10）門記集「獅子頭成は柱と同し。上は弐分高配に〆、幅は成のべにすへし。下は弐分はちかりにすへし。上かど棟ともゑ三つ〆、中にたすき弐つ。脇にもすへし」⑤ 金魚の頭部にできた肉質のこぶの称。獅子の面をつけたようにみえる。主にランチュウにみられるので、ランチュウそのものの異名ともなる。また、ランチュウ以外でもこのようなこぶの生ずる品種があり、オランダシシガシラ、アズマニシキなどはその例。※さい果て（1964‐71）〈津村節子〉四「蘭鋳の稚魚は〈略〉もし色づいてきて獅子がしらとよばれる肉瘤が盛り上ってくるようになったら」⑥ シダ類ウラボシ科の常緑多年草。各地の山地の林の下などに生える。葉は多数叢生し、二型葉で栄養葉と胞子葉からなる。若葉は淡紅色を帯び、その基部には褐色の線形の鱗片が密生する。栄養葉は長さ三〇～四〇センチメートル、幅四～六センチメートルの倒披針形で、多数の線形の羽片に分かれる一回羽状複葉。胞子葉は柄が長く直立し、羽片は栄養葉より小さく、ややまばらにつき、裏面に胞子嚢群を生じる。むかでぐさ。やぶそてつ。いわしぼね。おさば。〔日本植物名彙（1884）〕⑦ ツバキの園芸品種。花は八重咲きで、小～中輪。花色は桃色、葉は小形でやや薄い。樹勢は弱く切花用に使われる。⑧ 郷土玩具の一つ。獅子舞に用いる獅子頭を小さく作ったもの。

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