角かく兵べ衛え獅じ子し

noun

traveling entertainer wearing a lion mask and performing acrobatics

Historical term for a specific type of street performer from the Edo period, often associated with Echigo (Niigata). Compare 越後獅子.

See also: 越後獅子

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、角かく兵べ衛え獅じ子しは獅し子し頭がしらをかぶって曲きょく芸げいを見みせた。

  In the Edo period, Kakubee-jishi performers wore lion masks and performed acrobatics.

• 角かく兵べ衛え獅じ子しは越えち後ご地ち方ほうから来きた大だい道どう芸げい人にんだった。

  Kakubee-jishi were street performers who came from the Echigo region.