The Way - The Way

Japanese: 道者 - どうしゃ

〘noun〙① A person who has studied Taoism. A Taoist priest. A Taoist. ※Jisan Hōgo (1775), Part 2: "A Taoist slanders Buddhism, Confucianism, and the Way." [Liu Deren - Poem about the misfortunes of a Taoist in the mountains] ② A person who has studied Buddhism. Also, a person who aspires to practice Buddhism. ※Ryōunshū (814), by Kōkai Shonin (King Zhongxiong), "Even if a Taoist _{is good} , _{_{he will not}} easily be encountered." ※Shobogenzō Zuimonki (1235-38), Part 3: "The sayings of the sect are not to be seen by a true Taoist." [Hōfu Ran - Shofumon Shonin] ③ A person who has studied poetry, tea ceremony, or other arts. An expert in that art. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Shin Eitai-zo (1713), vol. 5 "Looking down on geishas and trying to please dharma-mongers, when you have no gold or silver and no foundation to build, no matter what art you practice, you will not be able to get by." ④ (also written as "dōsha" or "dōsha") A traveler who makes a pilgrimage to a shrine, temple, or sacred place. Since they often went out in groups, it also came to mean a travel companion or companion. Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage. Traveling around the country. Dōshu. ※Gikeiki (Muromachi period), vol. 3 "He accompanied a hundred of them and made a pilgrimage to the three mountains without incident." ⑤ A title used by monks to refer to their sponsors. Donna (danna) . Danka (parishioner). ⑥ A prostitute who lives in a post town on a highway. Also, generally, a prostitute. → Michi (path) person. ※Zuihitsu, Fumoto no Iro (Essays at the Base of the Road), vol. 1 "The reason prostitutes are called dōsha is because they stand at the stations."

Michi-sha [the path of the path]

〘 noun 〙 A person who is knowledgeable in a certain field. An expert. An authority. ※Toraakirahon Kyogen, Satsuma no Kami (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "In a place like this, it's no use to talk nonsense; there are many experts in the field."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 道教を修めた者。道士。道人。※十善法語（1775）二「道者より仏法儒道をそしる」〔劉得仁‐山中尋道人不遇詩〕② 仏道を修めた者。また、仏道修行に志す者。※凌雲集（814）謁海上人〈仲雄王〉「道者良雖_レ衆、勝会不_レ易_レ遇」※正法眼蔵随聞記（1235‐38）三「宗門の語録等、猶真実参学の道者はみるべからず」〔皇甫冉‐送普門上人〕③ 歌道、茶道などの道を修めた人。その道の専門家。※浮世草子・日本新永代蔵（1713）五「芸者を下に見ん、道者をなじらんとして、基を取うしなひて金銀なき時は、何の芸にても身は過がたし」④ (「同者」「同社」とも書く) 社寺・霊場へ参詣・巡拝する旅人。多く、連れ立ってでかけたことから、道連れ、同伴の者の意ともなった。遍路。巡礼。回国。道衆。※義経記（室町中か）三「百人同者付け奉りて、三の山の御参詣を事故なく遂げ給ふ」⑤ 僧から施主をさしていう称。檀那(だんな)。檀家。⑥ 街道の宿場にいる遊女。また、一般に、遊女。→みち（道）の者。※随筆・麓の色（1768）一「遊女を道者と呼は、駅路に立の名にして」