Closed Gate - Heimon

Japanese: 閉門 - へいもん

〘noun〙① To close the gate. To close the gate and not go out or meet people. ※Yashirohon Heike (early 13th century) Volume 3 "He rushed down to Fukuhara and locked himself in (heimon) ." ※Gikeiki (mid-Muromachi period) Volume 6 "He was saddened when people came to visit him and locked himself in (heimon)." [Book of the Later Han - Biography of Feng Yan] ② = heiro (confined) ② ※Kōyasan documents - August 9th year of Kōan (1286), Kongōbu-ji temple monk contract "If you are _unable to litigate, _{you can leave} the mountain and stay _in _seclusion ." ③ To close the gate and stay in seclusion to show one's intention of seclusion or isolation . Also, to make someone do so. ※Koyoki - June 3, 985, 1st year of the Kan'wa era (985) "Now, the day of mourning, confinement to the gates and house arrest" ※Gukansho (1220) 4 "He was confined to the gates and house arrest without being allowed to visit the inside" ④ One of the confinement punishments imposed on samurai, monks, and shrine priests during the Edo period. It was more severe than Ensyo and Hissoku . For 50 to 100 days, the gates and windows were closed from the outside, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The sick were allowed to call for a doctor in the middle of the night, the dead were sent to the temple in the middle of the night, and in the event of a fire, they were only allowed to leave. ※Haiku poem Soin Shichihyakuin (1677) "The way of action is decided by three people, death penalty, exile, or confinement to the gates (Haemon) " [Kinryo-ko - Separate volume, Toin Hisan, Toru, 103 (1841)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 門をしめること。門をとざして、外に出たり人に会ったりしないこと。※屋代本平家（１３Ｃ前）三「福原に馳下て、閉門(ヘイモン)してこそ御坐けれ」※義経記（室町中か）六「人の訪ひ来るも物憂しとてへいもんしておはしけるが」〔後漢書‐馮衍伝〕② ＝へいろう（閉籠）②※高野山文書‐弘安九年（1286）八月日・金剛峯寺衆徒契状「訴訟若不_レ達者、可_レ及_二離山閇門事_一」③ 謹慎・忌籠(いみごもり)の意を表わすために門をとざしてこもっていること。また、そうさせること。※小右記‐寛和元年（985）六月三日「今明物忌、閉門蟄居」※愚管抄（1220）四「内覧とどめて閉門せられにけり」④ 江戸時代、武士・僧侶・社人らに科せられた監禁刑の一つ。遠慮・逼塞(ひっそく)などより重い。五〇日から一〇〇日の間、外から門をとざし窓をとじ、一切の出入を許さなかった。病人は夜中医者をよび、死人は夜中菩提所へ送り、火事で焼失した時は立退くことだけが許された。※俳諧・宗因七百韵（1677）「行は三人の道ことにして死罪流罪に又は閉門(ヘイモン)」〔禁令考‐別巻・棠蔭秘鑑・亨・一〇三（1841）〕

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