京きょうの水みず

expression, noun

water from the capital (Kyoto); whitening water

Archaic term for water brought from Kyoto, believed to have a skin-whitening effect. Used historically, not in modern daily life.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、京きょうの水みずは美び白はくに良よいと信しんじられていた。

  In the Edo period, water from the capital was believed to be good for whitening the skin.

expression, noun

Edo-period washing lotion

Archaic term for a type of washing lotion from the late Edo period, possibly named after or associated with the capital's water.

• 幕ばく末まつには「京きょうの水みず」と呼よばれる洗あらい化け粧しょう品ひんが売うられていた。

  At the end of the Edo period, a washing cosmetic called 'Kyō no mizu' was sold.