芳ほう韻いん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Chinese poem; poem; rhyme

Archaic honorific term used to refer respectfully to someone else's Chinese poem or rhyme. Not used in modern Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 「芳ほう韻いん」は、昔むかしの手て紙がみなどで相あい手ての漢かん詩しを敬うやまって呼よぶ言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  芳韻 was used in old letters and the like as a respectful term for the addressee's Chinese poem.