力士舞
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Old Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Middle Chinese 力士 (MC lik dzriX) + 舞ひ (mapi1, “dance”).
Noun[edit]
力士舞 (RIKI1ZIMAPI1)
- a type of masked performance; the performer plays the role of a Buddhist guardian deity, carries an axe, and dances
References[edit]
- Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.