玉ぎょく顔がん

noun

imperial face; noble countenance

Honorific literary term for the face of an emperor or high-ranking noble. Rare in modern Japanese; found mainly in classical texts or formal historical descriptions.

• 古こ文もん書じょには「玉ぎょく顔がんを拝はいす」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, the expression 'to behold the imperial face' can be found.