空そら様ざま

na-adjective

arching backward; looking up

Archaic adjectival noun describing a posture of bending backward or looking upward. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「空そら様ざまに月つきを見みる」とある。

  In an old waka poem, there is a phrase 'looking up at the moon with an arched back.'