vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school
thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink
goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples; letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
red-lacquered sword sheath
license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; (lit.) when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
Shuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?); Suchō era; Akamitori era
vermilion ink stick; cinnabar ink stick
to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)
vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)
notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples
unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
drawing red lines; red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period); (arch.) red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts
red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
type of silver coin in the Edo period
to be flushed bright red (with anger or embarrassment)
shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
satin with raised figures
red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō; shu; Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō
Cheng-Zhu school (of neo-Confucianism); neo-Confucianism of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi
Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety
great wealth; very wealthy person
white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
red seal ship; shogunate-licensed trading ship