殿上眉

Japanese

FWOTD – 23 April 2019
Kanji in this term
殿
てん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 1
まゆ
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
天上眉
天井眉

Etymology

殿(てん)(じょう) (tenjō, palace, court) + (まゆ) (mayu, eyebrow)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじょーま [tèńjóómáꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːma̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

Illustration of "Kesa Gozen" by Tomioka Eisen, 1898. Her 殿(てん)(じょう)(まゆ) (tenjō mayu) appear on her forehead high above her eyes.

殿(てん)(じょう)(まゆ) (tenjō mayu) てんじやうまゆ (tenzyau mayu)?

  1. (historical) false eyebrows drawn high on the forehead with ink or cosmetics
    • 2005, Rintarō Mayuzumi, Taiga dorama “Yoshitsune” ga dekiru made [Making of historical drama “Yoshitsune”], page 150:
      ()()()(そう)(しろ)(かみ)のかつらに(まゆ)()り、殿(てん)(じょう)(まゆ)のメイク。
      Miwa-shi wa sō shirokami no katsura ni mayu o sori, tenjō mayu no meiku.
      Mr Miwa donned a wig of entirely white hair and shaved his eyebrows for tenjō mayu makeup.

Synonyms

  • (ひき)(まゆ) (hikimayu)
  • (おき)(まゆ) (okimayu)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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