陰いん陽よう家か

noun

diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

A practitioner of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), the traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology based on Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Historically, such figures performed divination, exorcism, and other spiritual services.

See also: 陰陽道

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、陰いん陽よう家かが宮きゅう中ちゅうで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたしていた。

  In the Heian period, diviners played an important role at the imperial court.

noun

School of Yin-yang; School of Naturalists

Refers to the ancient Chinese philosophical school that explained the world through the interactions of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. This is a historical term for the school of thought, not a practitioner.

• 陰いん陽よう家かは、中ちゅう国ごくの諸しょ子し百ひゃっ家かの一ひとつに数かぞえられる。

  The School of Yin-yang is counted among the Hundred Schools of Thought in ancient China.