京きょう形がた

noun

capital style; fashionable style of the capital

Archaic noun referring to a style or fashion that is popular in the capital (Kyoto). Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、京きょう形がたという言こと葉ばで都みやこの流りゅう行こうを表あらわすことがあった。

  In Edo-period documents, the word 京形 was sometimes used to refer to the fashions of the capital.