仙せん客かく

noun

immortal mountain wizard (Taoism)

Rare literary term for a Taoist immortal or sage, often associated with mountain hermitage. Compare 仙人.

See also: 仙人

• 仙せん客かくは深しん山ざんに住すむ不ふ老ろう不ふ死しの仙せん人にんを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  仙客 is a word that refers to an immortal mountain sage living deep in the mountains.

noun

crane (bird)

Rare poetic or literary name for a crane, likely derived from the bird's association with immortals in East Asian tradition. Modern Japanese normally uses 鶴.

See also: 鶴

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、仙せん客かくが鶴つるの雅が称しょうとして詠よまれることがある。

  In old waka poetry, 仙客 is sometimes used as an elegant name for the crane.