Shoshikai - Shoshikai

Japanese: 尚歯会 - しょうしかい

[1] 〘 noun 〙① A banquet held to honor the elderly and celebrate their age. People drink sake, compose poetry, and play music to have fun. It is called shichisō (a party for seven elderly people including the host) , and the guests sit in order of age from the top of the table to the oldest. The rest of the guests, who are guests of the other party , sit in a separate seat. It was originally a Chinese custom, and was first held by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty at Ridō-fō in 845. In Japan, it was first held by Dainagon Nanen Nenmei at Onoyama Villa in March of the 19th year of the Jōgan era ( 877 ). shoshie. ※Suga-ke Bunsō (around 900) 2 "In the evening of spring, I see the teeth _gathering at _the southern Asian Villa" [Kokin Chōmonshū (1254)] [Bai Juyi - Preface to the poem "The Nine Elders"]② A party to celebrate the elderly. It is also a party to gather and comfort the elderly. Respect for the Aged Day Association. *Kyowa poems, Shuzan Hyakushu (1818), miscellaneous: "Tsuru 999-nenme Kame 9,999-nenme Aa Shoshi-kai" [2] The name of an association formed in the late Edo period to exchange new knowledge, mainly with Western scholars. It was presided over by Confucian scholar Endo Katsusuke of the Kishu Domain. Watanabe Kazan, Takano Choei, and shogunate officials Egawa Hidetatsu and Kawaji Seimo gathered to study social work, coastal defense, and international issues, but were destroyed in the "Bansha no Goku" attack in 1839 .

Shoshi-e Shaushie [Shōshi-kai]

〘Noun〙 = Shoshikai (Shōshikai) (one)①

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 老人を尊敬し、その高齢を祝うために、招いて催す宴。酒を飲み詩歌をつくり音楽などを奏して楽しむ。七叟(しちそう)といって主人をいれて七人の老人が集まるのを常とし、上座から年長の順にすわり、それ以外の相伴(しょうばん)の客である垣下(えんが)は別座につらなった。もと中国の風習で、八四五年に唐の白居易が履道坊で催したのが最初で、日本では貞観一九年（八七七）三月、大納言南淵年名が小野山荘で催したのが最初。しょうしえ。※菅家文草（900頃）二「暮春、見_二南亜相山荘尚歯会_一」〔古今著聞集（1254）〕〔白居易‐九老図詩序〕② 高齢者を祝う会。また、老人を集めて慰安する会。敬老会。※狂歌・蜀山百首（1818）雑「つる九百九十九ねんめ亀九千九百九十九ああ尚歯会」[2] 江戸後期、洋学者を中心に新知識交換のためにできた結社の名。紀州藩儒遠藤勝助が主宰。渡辺崋山・高野長英、幕臣江川英龍・川路聖謨らが集まり、社会事業や海防・国際上の問題を研究したが、天保一〇年（一八三九）「蛮社の獄」で壊滅させられた。