下げ向こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

going from the capital to the provinces

Historical term for traveling from the capital (Kyoto) to the countryside. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だい、貴き族ぞくが下げ向こうする際さいには多おおくの従じゅう者しゃを連つれた。

  In the Heian period, when nobles went from the capital to the provinces, they took many attendants.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

returning after praying at a temple or shrine

Historical term for returning from a temple or shrine visit. Sometimes written as 還向.

• 参さん拝ぱいを終おえて、僧そう侶りょたちは寺てらから下げ向こうした。

  After finishing their prayers, the monks returned from the temple.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

coming down from a high place to a low place

Historical term for descending from a high place (e.g., a mountain or elevated area) to a lower one. Rare and archaic.

• 山やま伏ぶしは修しゅ行ぎょうを終おえ、山やまから下げ向こうした。

  The mountain ascetic finished his training and came down from the mountain.