Himuro

Japanese: 氷室 - ひむろ

[1] 〘 noun 〙 A room in which ice taken in the middle of winter is stored until summer . In particular, a room in which ice from an ice pond is cut and stored. A hole was dug in the shade of the mountains and covered with thatch to store the ice. The ice stored here was sent to Kyoto every day to be served to the Emperor from April 1st to the end of September, to the Empress and Crown Prince from May to August, and to vassals from May 5 to the end of August. 《Season・Summer》※Ryo Gikai (718) Official: “Master Watermaster Masahito. ( _Two barrels of water in the palm of one hand. Rice porridge. _And the matter of the ice room)”※Senzai (1187) Summer・208: “Even in spring and autumn, there is no trace of winter, so I will keep it.” (Kakusho Hoshinno)[2] Noh play. Waki Noh piece. Various schools. It is said to have been written by Miyamasu . When the Ason stopped by Mount Himuro in Tanba Province, an old man who was the guardian of the icehouse appeared and told him about the reason why the ice offered as an offering every year never melts, and the origins of the icehouse, before disappearing into the icehouse. Soon a heavenly maiden appeared and performed a dance, and then Himuro Myojin emerged from within the icehouse to protect the ice and have it carried to the capital. This is according to the "Nihon Shoki."

Hyo-shitsu [ice room]

〘 noun 〙 A room for storing ice. Himuro. Korikura. ※Records of the Western World (1869-71) by Fumio Murata, formerly "There is a large icehouse in London." [Book of Songs - Zhifu, July]

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙真冬にとった氷を夏まで貯えておく室(むろ)。特に、氷池(ひいけ)に張った氷を切り出して貯蔵しておく室。山陰に穴を掘り、茅などでその上をおおって氷を保存した。ここで貯えられた氷は、天皇には四月一日から九月末日、中宮・東宮などには五月から八月、臣下には五月五日から八月末日までの間供するために、毎日京に送られた。《季・夏》※令義解（718）職員「主水司正一人。〈掌_二樽水。饘粥。及氷室事_一〉」※千載（1187）夏・二〇八「春秋も後のかたみはなきものをひむろぞ冬のなごりなりける〈覚性法親王〉」[2] 謡曲。脇能物。各流。宮増(みやます)作といわれる。朝臣が丹波国氷室山に立ち寄ると、氷室守(もり)の老人が現われて、毎年供御(くご)にささげる氷の溶けないいわれや、この氷室のおこりなどを語り、そのまま氷室の中に姿を消す。やがて天女が現われて舞を舞い、ついで氷室明神が室の中から本体を現わして氷を守護して都へ運ばせる様子を物語る。「日本書紀」による。