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])
• 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”]‎^[1], 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

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• 2001, 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten), Second edition (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Shogakukan.