方塞がり
かたふたがり かたふさがり
- unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) n arch
Kanji
方
ホウ
かた • -かた • -がた
direction; person; alternative
塞
ソク • サイ
ふさ.ぐ • とりで • み.ちる
close; shut; cover; block; obstruct
Synonyms
陰陽道
おんみょうどう おんようどう
- Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements n
天一神
てんいちじん なかがみ
- Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky n
方違え
かたたがえ
- setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) n arch