Basho - Basho

Japanese: 芭蕉 - ばしょう

[1] 〘Noun〙 (Formerly "hassho")① A perennial plant of the Musaceae family. It is said to be native to China and is planted in gardens for ornamental purposes. It grows to about four meters tall. The leaves are arranged in two rows, with several on each side, on long stalks, and overlap at the base to form a sheath. The leaf blade is an oblong shape about 1.5 meters long, with parallel veins on both sides of the midvein. In summer, flower stalks grow from the leaf axils, and pale yellow irregular flowers grow in spikes. The flowers have an upper lip made of three outer tepals and two inner tepals fused together, and a lower lip made of one inner tepal, and store nectar at the base. The bracts are yellowish brown and fall off when they bloom. They do not bear much fruit in Japan, but when ripe, they produce banana-shaped fruits about six centimeters long. Cloth and paper are made from the fiber of the leaves, and the leaves and roots are boiled to make a diuretic and antipyretic. Chinese name: gancho, basho. Niwa-migusa. Season: Autumn ▼Basho Flower Season: Summer ※Family tradition (around 760) Vol. 1 "Basho in the World, Humanity in Dacheng" [Dou Gong - Poem about a Hermit Visiting Misfortune] ② Name of a crest. A stylized version of the leaves of ①. There are various variations, such as Embracing Basho, One Folded Basho, and Basho-ba. [2][1] Noh play. Third piece. Various schools. Made by Konparu Zenchiku. A monk from Xiangshui in the state of Chu was reciting the Lotus Sutra day and night when a woman came and listened to the sutra, praising its power to enable even plants and trees to attain Buddhahood, and then disappeared, revealing that she was the spirit of Basho. That night, the spirit of Basho appeared in the monk's dream in the form of a woman, and danced while praising the Buddhist teaching that plants and trees can attain Buddhahood. When the monk woke up, all he could hear was the sound of the wind rustling the banana leaves. [2] ⇒ Matsuo Basho (Matsuo Basho) [Etymology] In the olden days, it was in the form of Haseo, but as seen in "Twenty Volumes of the Wamyosho-20" (Basho Hatsuseiohha) and "Iroha Jiruisho" (Basho (Haseu) Haseoha," it seems that the onomatopoeic form Haseo and the Japanese translation of Haseo coexisted. This is the same change as when Seu (簫) and Au (fusuma) became Seo and Ao.

Haseo ...seo [Basho]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Basho (Banana)

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙 (古くは「はしょう」か)① バショウ科の多年草。中国原産といわれ、観賞用に庭園に植えられる。高さ四メートルくらい。葉は長柄をもち数個ずつ集まって左右二列につき、基部は鞘となって重なり合う。葉身は長さ一・五メートルくらいの長楕円形で中脈の両側に平行脈が走る。夏、葉腋から花柄を伸ばし、淡黄色の不整斉花を穂状につける。花は三個の外花被片と二個の内花被片が合着した上唇と一つの内花被片からなる下唇とからなり、基部に蜜をたくわえる。包葉は黄褐色で開花とともに落ちる。日本ではあまり結実しないが、熟せばバナナ状の六センチメートルくらいの果実がなる。葉の繊維から布や紙をつくり、また葉、根を煎じて利尿・解熱薬にする。漢名、甘蕉・芭蕉。にわみぐさ。《季・秋》▼ばしょうの花《季・夏》※家伝（760頃）上「世路芭蕉、人間闥城」〔竇鞏‐訪隠者不遇詩〕② 紋所の名。①の葉を図案化したもの。抱き芭蕉、一つ折芭蕉、芭蕉巴など種々ある。[2][一] 謡曲。三番目物。各流。金春禅竹作。楚国湘水の僧が日夜法華経を読経していると、一人の女が来て御経を聴聞し草木も成仏できるというその功力をたたえ、自分は芭蕉の精であるとあかして姿を消す。その夜僧の夢の中に芭蕉の精が女性の姿で現われ、草木成仏の仏説をたたえながら舞をまう。夢さめた僧には、ただ芭蕉葉に風のそよぐ音が聞こえるばかりであった。[二] ⇒まつおばしょう（松尾芭蕉）[語誌]古くはハセヲの形であったが、「二十巻本和名抄‐二〇」に「芭蕉発勢乎波」、「色葉字類抄」に「芭蕉(ハセウ) ハセヲハ」とあるように、字音語ハセウと国語化したハセヲとが共存したものと思われる。セウ（簫）・アウ（襖）がセヲ・アヲになったのと同じ変化。