物もの合あわせ

noun

mono-awase; Heian period comparison game

Historical term for a courtly game in which participants compared objects such as poems, paintings, shells, or flowers, often in a contest format. Related to 歌合 (uta-awase) and 絵合わせ (e-awase).

See also: 歌合 (うたあわせ) · 絵合わせ (えあわせ)

• 物もの合あわせは平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう廷ていで流りゅう行こうした遊あそびの一ひとつだ。

  Mono-awase was one of the popular pastimes at the Heian court.

• 源げん氏じ物もの語がたりには、物もの合あわせの場ば面めんがいくつか描えがかれている。

  Several scenes of mono-awase are depicted in The Tale of Genji.