歯黒め

歯黒め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歯	黒
は Grade: 3	くろ > ぐろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

歯黒め (hiragana はぐろめ, rōmaji hagurome)

1. blackening of teeth; an ancient Japanese custom in which both men and women would blacken their teeth
   • c. 11th century: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, "Mushi Mezuru Himegimi"

     眉さらにぬき給はず、歯黒め、さらにうるさし、きたなしとて、つけ給わず、いと白らかにゑみつゝ

See also

• 歯黒
• 御歯黒

Synonyms

• 鉄漿付け

References

• Ōtsuki, Osamu; Gen'e Imai, Sumiaki Morishita, Masao Karashima (1992) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 26: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, Torikaebaya Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN