易えき簀さく

noun

death of a scholar

Honorific and rare term for the death of a scholar, derived from a classical Chinese allusion. Used in respectful, often literary contexts.

• 先せん生せいの易えき簀さくを悼いたみ、多おおくの門もん下か生せいが集あつまった。

  Many of his disciples gathered to mourn the death of the scholar.