揚あげ巻まき

noun

ancient boys' hairstyle with loops above ears

Historical term for a pre-modern boys' hairstyle featuring a central part and a loop above each ear.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの絵え巻まきには、総角あげまきを結ゆった少しょう年ねんが描えがかれている。

  In Heian-period picture scrolls, boys with the agemaki hairstyle are depicted.

noun

Meiji-period women's topknot hairstyle

Historical term for a Meiji-era women's hairstyle in which the hair is twisted into a knot on top of the head and secured with a pin.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいの写しゃ真しんには、揚あげ巻まきに結ゆった女じょ性せいが写うつっている。

  Photographs from the Meiji period show women with their hair done in the agemaki style.

noun

type of kabuki dance

Only when written 揚巻

A specific dance piece in kabuki, written with the kanji 揚巻.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きの演えん目もく「揚あげ巻まき」は、華はなやかな舞ぶ踊ようで知しられている。

  The kabuki piece 'Agemaki' is known for its brilliant dance.

noun

sumo ring decorative knots

Only when written 揚巻

In sumo, the four tassels in the colors of the cardinal directions that hang from the roof above the ring; written 揚巻.

• 土ど俵ひょうの上うえには四し色しょくの揚あげ巻まきが吊つるされている。

  Above the sumo ring, four-colored agemaki tassels are suspended.

noun

Chinese razor clam; constricted tagelus

Abbreviation of アゲマキガイ; usually written in katakana. Refers to the bivalve Sinonovacula constricta.

See also: アゲマキガイ

• アゲマキは潮しお干ひ狩がりで採とれる貝かいの一いっ種しゅだ。

  The agemaki is a type of shellfish that can be gathered during clam digging.