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])[1]
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)^?}

(historical) false eyebrows drawn high on the forehead with ink or cosmetics
- 2005, Rintarō Mayuzumi, Taiga dorama “Yoshitsune” ga dekiru made [Making of historical drama “Yoshitsune”]‎, 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.

Synonyms

引(ひき)眉(まゆ) (hikimayu)
置(おき)眉(まゆ) (okimayu)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2001, 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten), Second edition (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Shogakukan.

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