Myomokusho

Japanese: 名目鈔 - みょうもくしょう

This dictionary was compiled by the Left Minister Toin Sanehiro during the Muromachi period to pass on to future generations the historical and actual readings of terms and names related to regular and special public affairs, palaces, clothing, etc. It contains about 600 words, categorized into sections such as regular public affairs, special occasions, and clothing, with the readings of each one written in katakana and a brief explanation. Some of the dictionaries only list the chapter titles without the words themselves, so it is believed to have been left incomplete. One handwritten copy by Sanehiro is kept in the Higashiyama Library of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and copies from the end of the Muromachi period have been handed down in the Sonkeikaku Library, the Daitokyu Memorial Library, and the Imperial Household Agency Archives and Mausolea Department.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

恒例臨時の公事，殿舎，服飾などに関する用語，名称の故実訓みを後世に伝えるため，室町時代に左大臣洞院実熙が撰述した辞書。恒例諸公事篇，臨時篇，衣服篇などの篇目に分類して約600語を収録し，逐一訓み方を片仮名で傍書するとともに，簡単な解説を加えている。篇目のみを書いて語句を載せていないものもあるので，未完に終わったものと推定される。京都御所東山御文庫に実熙の自筆本1冊があり，ほかに尊経閣文庫，大東急記念文庫，宮内庁書陵部などに室町時代末期の写本が伝わる。

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