Shoin - Shoin

Japanese: 書院 - しょいん

〘 noun 〙 (meaning a place where books are collected and studied) ① In China, during the Tang dynasty, a place where books were compiled and collected by the imperial court. ② A private school that developed after the Song dynasty. Some were government-run in the Yuan dynasty, but many were independent scholars, such as Zhu Xi, who restored the Hakuro-do Shoin in the early Song dynasty, and the Yangming school in the Ming dynasty. ③ In Japan, a living room and study in a temple or samurai's residence. A study hall. A library. A place of learning. ※Montoku Jitsuroku - Jinshu 2nd year (852), February Otsushi, " _Dying in the Western Shoin of Jion Temple _" ※Essays, Teijo Miscellany (around 1784), 14 "Zen had been popular since the Kamakura period, and the samurai enjoyed Zen, and would often practice zazen, so a study was built for them like those in a temple." ④ A building that juts out over the veranda, with a light-colored paper screen set up in front and a writing desk built into the deck. It was always set up between the shoin rooms, and so it is thought to have been given this name. It is used to store books, inkstones, etc. Shoin shelves. Shoin floor. Shoin front. Attached shoin. *Okazakiki (1523) "Next is the sitting room. There is a floor facing the west. Above the floor is a shoin." *Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Mankintan (1694), Vol. 5 "Above the shoin (shoin) there is a plaque with five characters written in a woman's calligraphy, 'Inishibe wa'." ⑤ A room built in the shoin style. Many were used by samurai for ceremonies and to receive guests. Depending on its location, it is called the front shoin or inner shoin, and depending on its structure, it is called the black shoin or white shoin. Front sitting room. Guest hall. Guest room. *Munetan Diary - January 18, 1587 (Tensho 15), "The reception was in the shoin, in the tea ceremony room." ⑥ Bookstore. Publishing company. [Additional note] The reading "Shoi(een)" is based on conventional pronunciation, with "Shoe(een)" being the traditional on-reading, but for convenience an example of the kanji spelling has been included in this article.

Sho-en ...en [Shoin]

〘Noun〙 ("en" is the correct pronunciation of "in" and "in" is the customary pronunciation) = Shoin (School of Study) [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period)] ※Storybook: Yesterday is Today's Tale (around 1614-24) Part 1 "After the tea ceremony, the Emperor was leisurely playing at Shoin."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (書を集め学を講ずる所の意)① 中国、唐代、朝廷の書籍の編纂、収集にあたった場所。② 宋代以降発展した私学。元代には官立のものもあるが、宋初に白鹿洞書院を復興した朱熹や、明代の陽明学派など、在野の立場で講学にあたるものが多かった。③ 日本で、寺院や武家の邸宅の居間兼書斎。書堂。書閣。学問所。※文徳実録‐仁寿二年（852）二月乙巳「卒_二于慈恩寺西書院_一」※随筆・貞丈雑記（1784頃）一四「鎌倉時代より禅法はやり、武家禅家を好み、常々座禅などする事有し故、寺方の如く書院を立られし也」④ 縁側に張り出して造り、前に明障子を立て、甲板上に文机の作りつけになったもの。書院の間に必ず設けられたので、この名がついたと考えられる。書物、硯(すずり)などを置く。書院棚。書院床。書院がまえ。付書院。※御飾記（1523）「次に御座敷あり。西むきに床有。床のうへに書院あり」※浮世草子・好色万金丹（1694）五「書院(ショヰン)の上に『いにしへは』といふ五文字を女筆にて書きたる額あり」⑤ 書院造りの座敷。多く武家で、儀式や客の応対などに用いた。その位置によって表書院、奥書院、その構造によって黒書院、白書院などの名がある。表座敷。客殿。客間。※宗湛日記‐天正一五年（1587）一月一八日「御振舞、書院也、御茶数寄屋にて」⑥ 書店。出版社。[補注]「ショイ（ヰ）ン」と読むのは慣用音によるもので、「ショエ（ヱ）ン」が伝統的な音読みであるが、漢字表記の例は便宜本項に収めた。