noun
Songs to Make the Dust Dance; The Dance of the Dust on the Rafters
Title of a late Heian-period collection of popular songs (imayō) compiled by Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The name is a literary reference to the idea that beautiful singing can stir even the dust on the rafters.
梁塵秘抄は、後白河法皇が編纂した今様の歌集です。
Ryōjin Hishō is a collection of imayō songs compiled by Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
The title 梁塵秘抄 literally means 'secret excerpts of the dust on the rafters,' alluding to a Chinese legend in which a singer's voice was so powerful it shook the dust from the beams. The exact derivation is uncertain beyond this literary reference.