Hojo - Hojo

Japanese: 方丈 - ほうじょう

[1] 〘 noun 〙① one jo square (about 3.03 meters). The size of four and a half tatami mats. Also, a room of that size. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 5.794, the above poem, preface: "So Vimalakirti in _{the feng} shui _was suffering from _a _contagious disease _. " ② (From "Mencius, Jinxin, Shou": "In front of the meal, there were several hundred concubines, _{_{so I made a wish for them}} .") Food laid out in an area of one jo square. A luxurious meal. [Yingling, with his cousin Junmiao Junshu] ③ Buddhist language. (a) The room of Vimalakirti, the protagonist of the Vimalakirti Sutra, which is one jo square. ※Jisan Hōgo (1775), 9: "When Vimalakirti accommodated 84,000 lion seats in his room in the feng shui" (b) By extension, a monk's room of one jo square. In Zen Buddhism, the room where the head priest of a temple lives. The head priest's living room. *Shobogenzo (1231-53) Jisso Shoho "One night, he gave a general lecture in the abbot's chamber, and it is said" [Hoenjurin-29] (ha) By further extension, the head priest of a temple. Abbot. It is also used as an honorific title for a Buddhist teacher. Abbot of the abbot's chamber. *Heike (early 13th century) 3 "In the abbot's chamber of Mt. Ikuo, I met Zen Master Butshou Tokumitsu" [Bai Juyi-Saikai Man'ya Gi Suo Yu Yu Shi] [2] One of the three sacred mountains. In China, an imaginary mountain in the eastern sea where it is believed that immortals live. Hoko. *Kaifuso (751) Yu Yoshinoyama (Nakatomi no Hitosoku ) "This place is the abbot's chamber, who told him he was a guest of the Peach Blossom Land" [Shiji-Qin Shihuang Honki]

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 一丈（約三・〇三メートル）四方。畳四畳半の広さ。また、その広さの部屋。※万葉（８Ｃ後）五・七九四・右詩・序文「所以維摩大士在_二于方丈_一有_レ懐_二染疾之患_一」② (「孟子‐尽心下」の「食前方丈、侍妾数百人、我得_レ志弗_レ為也」から) 一丈四方の広さにならべられた食物。ぜいたくな食事。〔応璩‐与従弟君苗君胄書〕③ 仏語。(イ) 維摩経の主人公である維摩居士の、一丈四方のへや。※十善法語（1775）九「維摩居士が、方丈の室中に八万四千の師子座を容ると」(ロ) 転じて、一丈四方の僧のへや。禅宗で寺の長老、住職のいるへや。住職の居間。※正法眼蔵（1231‐53）諸法実相「ある夜間に、方丈にして普説するにいはく」〔法苑珠林‐二九〕(ハ) さらに転じて、寺の住職。住持。また、仏教の師の敬称としてもいう。方丈和尚。※平家（１３Ｃ前）三「育王山の方丈仏照禅師徳光にあひ奉り」〔白居易‐斎戒満夜戯招夢得詩〕[2] 三神山の一つ。中国で、東方海上にある神仙が住んでいるとされた想像上の山。方壺(ほうこ)。※懐風藻（751）遊吉野山〈中臣人足〉「此地即方丈、誰説桃源賓」〔史記‐秦始皇本紀〕

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