Iemochi

Japanese: 家持 - いえもち

〘noun〙① To own a house. Also, the person. In particular, in the Edo period, it referred to townspeople who owned a house or premises, as opposed to renters. They had the rights and obligations of townspeople. A housekeeper. A person who owns a house. A person who is a citizen. ※Umezu Masakage's Diary - March 22, 1619 (5th year of the Genna era) "If you have a housekeeper, it will not be a hardship for you to become a housekeeper in the town." ② A person who lives in a house. A person with a family. ※Omoide no Ki (1900-01)〈Tokutomi Roka〉9 "I'm not asking you to become a housekeeper right now though." ③ Refers to a branch family. ※Akiyama Kiyuki (1831)2 "The old man of this family is me,〈abbreviated〉 the head family of these five villages, and it is said that in the past more than twenty houses were housekeepers." ④ Managing the household finances. Managing the livelihood of a family. A person with a family. ※Political talk (around 1727) 1 "There is no investigation into the authenticity of the heir or adopted son, and the misdeeds of the family and the Ieyasu family are unknown."

Yakamochi [Ikamochi]

Noh play. The fifth piece. Abolished. Author unknown. Having received an imperial order to compile the Man'yoshu, Otomo no Yakamochi visits the palace without regard for his wife's illness. His daughter, the princess, grieves over this and calls onmyoji Hatano Yasukuni, offering to take her mother's place, asking him to save her life, before committing suicide. In Yakamochi's dream, the demon comes to retrieve the sick man, pulling a fire chariot, and the princess recites a song to him, touching his heart, and finally she comes back to life.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 家屋を所有すること。また、その人。特に、江戸時代、借家人に対して、家・屋敷を所有している町人をいう。町人としての権利と義務を有した。いえぬし。やぬし。おおや。※梅津政景日記‐元和五年（1619）三月二二日「窂人かかへ候はは、町中家持請人に立候はは、不苦候」② 一戸を構えて生活している人。所帯持ち。※思出の記（1900‐01）〈徳富蘆花〉九「今直ぐ家持になって呉れと云ふんぢゃ無いがね」③ 分家をいう。※秋山記行（1831）二「此家の老人は、己、〈略〉此五軒の村の惣本家、昔の二十軒余は家持だと云ふ」④ 家計のやりくり。一家の生計の処理。所帯持ち。※政談（1727頃）一「跡目・養子等の真偽の吟味も成らず、身持・家持の悪きも知れず」

やかもち【家持】

謡曲。五番目物。廃曲。作者不詳。万葉集撰集の勅命を受けた大伴家持は、妻の病気も顧みずに参内する。娘の姫はこれを悲しみ陰陽師の秦安国(はたのやすくに)を呼んで、自分が母の身代わりとなるので、母の命を助けるように頼み自殺する。家持の夢のうちに、火車を引いて病人を引き取りに来た鬼に姫は歌をよんで感じ入らせ、ついに姫は生きかえる。

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