御み先さき

noun

leader of a nobleman's cavalcade

Archaic term for the person who led a nobleman's procession. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、御み先さきが行ぎょう列れつの先せん頭とうに立たったと記しるされている。

  Ancient documents record that the misaki led the procession.

noun

divine messenger animal; fox servant of a god

Only with reading みさき

Refers to a fox or other animal believed to serve as a messenger of the gods. Reading is restricted to みさき.

• 稲荷いなり神じん社じゃでは、狐きつねが御み先さきとして祀まつられている。

  At Inari shrines, foxes are enshrined as divine messengers.