河原かわら者もの

noun

lowest-rank labourer or entertainer (medieval Japan)

Historical term for people of the lowest social class in medieval Japan, often engaged in menial labour, entertainment, or tasks considered impure.

• 中ちゅう世せい日本にほんでは、河原かわら者ものは皮ひ革かく加か工こうや芸げい能のうに従じゅう事じした。

  In medieval Japan, kawaramono engaged in leather processing and performing arts.

noun

kabuki actor (Edo period); theatre people

Archaic derogatory term for kabuki actors and theatre people during the Edo period, derived from the earlier low-status association.

See also: 河原乞食

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、河原かわら者ものは河原かわら乞こ食じきとも呼よばれ、蔑さげすまれた。

  In the Edo period, kawaramono were also called kawara kojiki and were despised.