靑丹よし
See also: 青丹よし
Old Japanese
editEtymology
editLiterally “blue-green + (red) earth + [exclamatory particle] + [strengthening particle]”.
The first sense refers to 奈良坂, 平城坂 (Narasaka, hill-road north of the modern city of Nara) where its soil made for excellent paints and pigments were said to be extracted there.
Adnominal
edit靑丹よし (awoni yo2si) (kana あをによし)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:靑丹よし.
Descendants
edit- Japanese: 青丹よし (aoni yoshi)
See also
edit- 八百丹よし (yaponi yo2si)