虫の垂れ衣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虫	垂	衣
むし Grade: 1	た Grade: 6	きぬ > ぎぬ Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
蟲の垂れ衣 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 枲の垂れ衣

Noun

Woman in traditional clothing including 市女笠 (ichimegasa, “woman's straw hat”) and 虫の垂れ衣 veil

虫(むし)の垂(た)れ衣(ぎぬ) • (mushi no tareginu) 

1. a type of veil worn with a woman's straw hat during the Heian period and Kamakura period

Derived terms

• 帔(むし) (mushi)
• 苧(むし) (mushi)