单词 | mikoshi |
释义 | mikoshin. In Japan: a portable Shinto or Buddhist shrine which is carried through the local community on ceremonial occasions to symbolize the presence of the deity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > portable shrines or relics > portable shrine > [noun] shrinec1000 crystalc1330 feretoryc1330 scrinea1350 phylacteryc1384 sanctuaryc1386 monstrance1522 feretrum1536 reliquary1550 reliquaire1611 relicarya1661 chasse1670 enchâssure1716 mikoshi1727 sanctorium1816 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. iv. 296 The Mikosi..eightangular shrines, almost too big to be carried by one man. 1877 W. Simpson in Trans. Soc. Biblical Archaeol. 5 550 (heading) They are also called Mikoshi; mi, is ‘precious’ or ‘honourable’, Koshi, is seat. 1911 Japan Mag. July 152/1 The Kami, or god, of the temple are paraded through the streets, under a mikoshi, or sacred canopy highly decorated. 1952 Monumenta Nipponica 8 27 The book is profusely..illustrated... A view of Lord Elgin's entry into Edo in a norimono exhibits him seated in a mikoshi with a phoenix on the top. 1989 Japan Times 19 May 5/7 Many hands make light work of carrying a mikoshi (portable shrine). 2000 Daily Yomiuri 5 Dec. 11/4 A favorite Japanese nickname [of Thunberg's cranesbill], mikoshigusa, refers to the appearance of the spent capsules, which remind people of the fancy gabled roof of the portable mikoshi shrines used during Shinto festivals. Compounds General attributive. Also objective, as mikoshi-carrying. ΚΠ 1974 World Politics 26 362 Those at the middle levels were more influential (for instance, in inflaming the Mikoshi parade). 1980 Monumenta Nipponica 35 145 The mikoshi-carrying forays of the priests of Mt Hiei and Nara. 1989 Monumenta Nipponica 44 373 Each of the seven neighbourhoods..holds a separate mikoshi procession. 1994 Monumenta Nipponica 49 259 Did he join one of the mikoshi-carrying teams and shout ‘Wa-shoi!’ as the portable shrine was carried up one narrow street and down another? 2000 Daily Yomiuri 28 Nov. 3/4 Earlier in the ritual, children wound their way through the temple [sc. Tofukuji in Kyoto], carrying a mikoshi portable shrine. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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