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信夫捩摺り

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん > しの
Grade: 4

Grade: 4

Hyōgai
す > ず
Jinmeiyō

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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As it was done in the village of 信夫 (Shinobu) in Iwashiro Province, today part of Fukushima Prefecture.[1]

Noun

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信夫捩摺(しのぶもじず) (Shinobu moji-zuriしのぶもぢずり (sinobumodizuri)?

  1. Synonym of 忍摺り (shinobu-zuri): cloth imprinted with shinobu fern (Davallia mariesii) designs
    • late 9th century, Ise Monogatari (section 1, poem 3; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 14)
      陸奥(みちのく)しのぶもぢずり(たれ)ゆゑに(みだ)れそめにし(われ)ならなくに
      Michinoku no Shinobu moji-zuri tare yue ni midare some-ni-shi ware naranaku ni
      My thoughts have grown disordered as random patterns dyed on cloth reminiscent of Shinobu in Michinoku―and who is to blame? Surely not I.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 184
  2. ^ Helen Craig McCullough (1968) Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth-century Japan, Volume 1, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 70