忍捩摺り

忍捩摺り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忍	捩	摺
しの Grade: S	も Hyōgaiji	す > ず Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 信夫捩摺り

Etymology

Blend of 忍摺り (shinobu-zuri) +‎ 捩る (mojiru, punning element in poetry, literally "to parody, make a pun").

Noun

忍捩摺(しのぶもじず)り • (shinobu moji-zuri) ^{←しのぶもぢずり (sinobumodizuri)?}

1. Synonym of 忍摺り (shinobu-zuri): cloth imprinted with shinobu fern (Davallia mariesii) designs
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 14, poem 724)

     陸奥(みちのく)のしのぶもぢずり誰(たれ)ゆゑに乱(みだ)れむと思(おも)ふ我(われ)ならなくに

     Michinoku no shinobu moji-zuri tare yue ni midaremu to omou ware naranaku ni

     Do you not know it? You alone can set my heart astir with feelings confused as moss-fern patterns on cloth from Michinoku.[1]

References

1. Helen Craig McCullough (1985) Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry: with Tosa Nikki and Shinsen Waka, illustrated, reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 160