華胥
か
しょ
Meanings
1
ideal land; perfect country; utopia
A classical Chinese allusion to a dream of an ideal realm. Used in literary or philosophical contexts to refer to a perfect, imaginary land.
The land of Kasho is an ideal realm that appears in classical Chinese texts.
2
afternoon nap
Derived from the same classical story, where the Yellow Emperor dreamed of the ideal land during a nap. Rarely used in modern Japanese; mostly encountered in literary or historical contexts.
The word 'Kasho' can also be used to mean an afternoon nap.