殿上眉

Japanese

FWOTD – 23 April 2019
Kanji in this term
殿 上 眉
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)上(じょう) (tenjō, “palace, court”) + 眉(まゆ) (mayu, “eyebrow”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

殿(てん)上(じょう)眉(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
    Synonyms: 置眉 (okimayu), 引眉 (hikimayu)
    • 2005, Rintarō Mayuzumi, Taiga dorama “Yoshitsune” ga dekiru made [Making of historical drama “Yoshitsune”]‎, page 150:
      美(み)輪(わ)氏(し)は総(そう)白(しろ)髮(かみ)のかつらに眉(まゆ)を剃(そ)り、殿(てん)上(じょう)眉(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.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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