紅こう毛もう碧へき眼がん

noun

red-haired and blue-eyed person; Westerner

A yojijukugo used to describe a Westerner, often with a slightly old-fashioned or literary feel. Can be neutral or carry a nuance of exoticism.

• 幕ばく末まつの日本にほんでは、紅こう毛もう碧へき眼がんの外がい国こく人じんは珍めずらしかった。

  In Japan at the end of the Edo period, red-haired, blue-eyed foreigners were rare.