百ひゃく日にち鬘かずら

noun

long-haired wig used in kabuki; thick growth (metaphorical)

Primarily a kabuki term for a specific long-haired wig. Metaphorically used to describe a very thick growth of hair or plants, but this usage is rare and literary.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きの舞ぶ台たいで、百ひゃく日にち鬘かずらをつけた役やく者しゃが登とう場じょうした。

  An actor wearing a hyakunichikazura wig appeared on the kabuki stage.

• その森もりはまるで百ひゃく日にち鬘かずらのような深ふかい緑みどりに覆おおわれていた。

  The forest was covered in deep green, as if it were a hyakunichikazura.