Mizuhiki - Mizuhiki

Japanese: 水引 - みずひき

〘Noun〙① The act of soaking hemp etc. in water and peeling it. ※Gosen (around 951-953), Toki Tabi, 1356 "The loom woven with white mizuhiki threads will stand up to the clothes of a journey, and will it be layered? ( Sugawara no Michizane)"② The cloth stretched over the sides of arks such as the dragon-headed and eel-necked arks. The name comes from the fact that the water level is low. By extension, it also refers to the thin, horizontal mokou (head covering) stretched over the top of a mikoshi (portable shrine) or stage. Mizuhiki curtain. ※Daiki - Nihei 2nd year (1152), February 27th "Fun boat accessories (abbreviated) Mizuhiki (abbreviated) Indigo blue Chinese twill, _one with a _water pattern of crocodile farming and _one with _{a plover} pattern on the upper edge"③ Thin paper string that has been dried and hardened with glue. Used to tie gift wrapping paper. Usually several strands are tied together and dyed differently from the center. For auspicious occasions, red and white, gold and silver, gold and red, etc., and for inauspicious occasions, black and white, indigo and white, etc. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] ④ = Mizuhikimaku (water-drawing curtain) [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] *Sumo Lectures (1919) (Japan Youth Education Association) Sumo History and Facts "The curtain that is stretched around the top of the four pillars in all four directions is called mizuhiki. " ⑤ A two-colored white and red leather or twill ornament that is attached under the decorative plate of armor. [Honcho Gunki Ko (1722)] ⑥ A perennial plant of the Polygonaceae family. It grows in mountains and fields throughout Japan. It is 50-80 cm tall. Both the stems and leaves are covered with coarse hairs. The leaves are short-stalked , obovate , with black spots on the surface, and 5-15 cm long. From summer to autumn, long, whip-shaped flower branches grow and bear sparse, deep red flowers. Chinese name: Kinsen-so. Water-drawing grass. Season: Autumn. Yamato Honsho (1709) ⑦ A ship's word for the rear edge of a Japanese ship's rudder. ※Zenryusen Gunpo Oral Tradition Book (mid-17th century) "The rear of the rudder is called mizuhiki, and the front is called mizukiri." ⑧ Drawing water from a river, etc. ※Echizen Takeningyo (1963) <Mizukami Ben> 1 "The worst place to draw water is in the fields."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 麻などを水にひたしてその皮を剥ぐこと。※後撰（951‐953頃）羇旅・一三五六「水ひきの白糸はへて織る機は旅の衣にたちや重ねん〈菅原道真〉」② 龍頭鷁首(りょうとうげきしゅ)などの箱舟(はこぶね)の舷側に張りめぐらした布帛。それが水面を引いたところからの呼称。転じて、神輿(みこし)や舞台の上部に横に細く張った帽額(もこう)の類にもいう。水引幕。※台記‐仁平二年（1152）二月二七日「楽船雑具〈略〉水引〈略〉紺唐綾、処処画_二水文鰐養魚_一、上際画_二千鳥_一」③ 細い紙縒(こより)に糊をひいて干し固めたもの。進物用の包紙などを結ぶのに用いる。普通数本を合わせて、中央から色を染め分ける。吉事の場合は紅と白、金と銀、金と赤などに、凶事の場合は黒と白、藍と白などとする。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕④ ＝みずひきまく（水引幕）〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕※相撲講話（1919）〈日本青年教育会〉相撲の沿革と故実「四本柱の上を四方に引廻して張る幕を水引(ミヅヒキ)といひ」⑤ 甲冑類の化粧の板の下につける、白と赤の二色の革または綾の飾り。〔本朝軍器考（1722）〕⑥ タデ科の多年草。各地の山野に生える。高さ五〇～八〇センチメートル。茎・葉ともに粗毛を生じる。葉は短柄をもち倒卵形で表面に黒い斑紋(はんもん)があり長さ五～一五センチメートル。夏から秋にかけ、鞭状の長い花枝がのび濃紅色の小花をまばらにつける。漢名、金線草。みずひきぐさ。《季・秋》〔大和本草（1709）〕⑦ 和船の舵の後縁をいう船方ことば。※全流船軍法口伝書（１７Ｃ中頃）「柁の後を水引と云、前を水切と云」⑧ 川などから水を引き入れること。※越前竹人形（1963）〈水上勉〉一「水ひきの便のわるいところは畑である」

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