はうさう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はうさう – see the following entry.
【方相ほうそう】
[noun] (Buddhism) directional barriers placed to set a place for Buddhist training apart from the outside world
[noun] (obsolete) short for 方相氏 (hōsōshi, “the figure who drives away demonss at 追儺 (tsuina, “year end festival to exorcise evil”), also led the hearse carrying the coffin of a deceased emperor”)
(This term, はうさう (fausau), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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