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单词 mikoshi
释义

mikoshin.

Brit. /mᵻˈkɒʃi/, U.S. /məˈkɑʃi/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1700s mikosi, 1800s– mikoshi. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese mikoshi.
Etymology: < Japanese mikoshi (8th cent. denoting the emperor's palanquin, 13th cent. denoting a portable shrine; 1603 as micoxi in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam) < mi- honorific prefix (compare Mikado n.) + koshi palanquin, litter (carried by pole on the shoulders of two or more people).In quot. 1727 at main sense via German Mikosi (1779 in printed version of text translated from manuscript in quot.).
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.
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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.
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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).
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