Yatate

Japanese: 矢立 - やたて

〘Noun〙① A tool for holding an arrow. It refers to a yanagui (arrow holder) and the like. ※Sanki Kikashu (c. 1128) Koi "It was tied to the flat surface of the mamaki yatate and sent out." ② An abbreviation of "yatate (arrow holder) inkstone." ※Genpei Seisuiki (before the 14th century) 29 "He took out a yatate (arrow holder) from inside the quiver, mixed it with the ink and brush, and dyed the tatami paper." ③ A writing tool carried on the waist in early modern times. A case for a brush was attached to the ink pot, and it was clipped to the obi. ※Haikai/Dokugin Ichinichi Senku (1675) 2nd "A traveler also makes characters in a yatate, and the words of a poem also sing the evening bell of a distant temple." ④ To shoot an arrow and drive it into something. Also, the state of an arrow being driven into something. ※Soga Monogatari (around the time of the Northern and Southern Courts) 7 "As the horse was fired at a faster speed, it was called Yatate." ⑤ Firing a gun and offering it to the mountain god. After distributing the boar hunted catch, there are places where three shots are fired and places where one shot is fired. ※Place Name Research (1936) <Kunio Yanagita> Place Name Commentary "In the mountains of Nishiusuki County in Hyuga, firing one shot at the beginning of the hunt to offer to the mountain god is called Yatate ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 矢を立て入れる道具。胡簶(やなぐい)などをいう。※散木奇歌集（1128頃）恋「ままきのやたてのひらなるにむすびつけてつかはしける」② 「やたて（矢立）の硯」の略。※源平盛衰記（１４Ｃ前）二九「箙の中より矢立(ヤタテ)取出し、墨筆に和して畳紙を染て」③ 近世、腰にさして携行した筆記具。墨壺に筆のはいる筒をつけて、帯にはさむようになっている。※俳諧・独吟一日千句（1675）第二「旅人も作り字しるす矢立にて詩の言葉にも遠寺の晩鐘」④ 矢を射て物に突き立てること。また、矢が突き立っている状態。※曾我物語（南北朝頃）七「駒をはやめてうつ程に、矢たてのすぎといひけるを」⑤ 鉄砲をうって山の神に献ずること。猪狩の獲物を分配した後、三度発砲する地と、一度発砲する地とがある。※地名の研究（1936）〈柳田国男〉地名考説「日向西臼杵郡の山中では狩の始めに鉄砲を一発放ちて山の神に手向くるを矢立(ヤタテ)と云ふ」

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