天てん神じん髭ひげ

noun

drooping moustache; goatee

Rare term for a style of facial hair resembling that of Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane), often depicted with a long, drooping moustache and a small chin beard.

• 天てん神じん髭ひげは、天てん神じん様さまの像ぞうに見みられる独どく特とくの髭ひげの形かたちを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Tenjin-hige is a word that refers to the distinctive moustache shape seen on statues of Tenjin-sama.