cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)
stack of rice straw; rick; cock
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
Kurimoto Joun (1822.5.1-1897.3.6)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm); late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
playhouse; theatre; theater
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
to follow advice; to act upon advice
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
pseudonym of a haiku poet
tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in kabuki)
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
Sawamura Soujuurou (1933.3.8-)
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush