also: はんじょがけい
bedroom of a forsaken woman
Archaic expression referring to the lonely bedchamber of a woman abandoned by her lover or husband. Often used in classical poetry and literature, evoking a sense of melancholy and neglect. Compare with 秋の扇 (autumn fan), another metaphor for a discarded woman.
See also: 秋の扇
The phrase 'bedroom of a forsaken woman' sometimes appears in old waka poetry.
Archaic literary phrase; the kanji spelling is the standard written form.
Alternate reading はんじょがけい; less common than はんじょがねや.
The phrase is of classical Chinese origin, referring to the story of Ban Jieyu (班婕妤), a consort of Emperor Cheng of Han who was abandoned and wrote a poem comparing herself to an autumn fan. The Japanese reading はんじょがねや is a kun'yomi adaptation of the Chinese characters.