梁りょう塵じん秘ひ抄しょう

noun

Songs to Make the Dust Dance; The Dance of the Dust on the Rafters

Title of a late Heian-period collection of popular songs (imayō) compiled by Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The name is a literary reference to the idea that beautiful singing can stir even the dust on the rafters.

• 梁りょう塵じん秘ひ抄しょうは、後ご白しら河かわ法ほう皇おうが編へん纂さんした今いま様ようの歌か集しゅうです。

  Ryōjin Hishō is a collection of imayō songs compiled by Emperor Go-Shirakawa.