Fumiya

Japanese: 文屋 - ふみや

〘 noun 〙① A place where learning takes place. School. Fuya. [Kanchiin Hon Myogisho (1241)]② An abbreviation of "Fumiya no Tsukasa (writing shop)".③ A book store. Bookshop. ※Ninjyohon, Shuniro Umeji Homomi (1832-33), later "The trendy act of selling rice boxes at Fumiya bookstores"④ In the Edo period, a person whose job was to send letters within Edo city. Referred to as opposed to a long-distance courier. ※Zappai, Yanagi Taru-nii (1789), "A woman calls herself a bunyadon mougosanna"

Bunya [Bunya]

Kabuki Shosakuto. Kiyomoto. Lyrics by Matsumoto Koji. Music by Kiyomoto Saibei I. Choreography by Nishikawa Senzo IV and others. First performed at the Edo Nakamuraza in 1831. One of the five-form dance pieces "Rokukasen Sugata no Irodori " by Nakamura Shikan II and Iwai Kumesaburo II. Aya Yasuhide dances with court ladies, depicting the atmosphere of Edo's pleasure quarters and downtown.

Fu-ya [Fumi-ya]

A place where learning is done. Academic institution. School.

Fun-ya [Funya]

〘Noun〙 (also written as "Fumuya") A variation of the word "Fumiya (writing shop)."

Funya [Funya]

(Later called "Bun'ya") One of the surnames.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 学問をするところ。学校。ふや。〔観智院本名義抄（1241）〕② 「ふみや（文屋）の司」の略。③ 本屋。書店。※人情本・春色梅児誉美（1832‐33）後「世の流行書肆(フミヤ)の米箱をうるをす事」④ 江戸時代、江戸市内の文使いを業とする者。遠距離の飛脚に対していう。※雑俳・柳多留‐二三（1789）「文やどんもうごさんなと女房いひ」