願がん人にん坊ぼう主ず

noun

street-performing priest; itinerant monk-entertainer

Historical term for a type of Buddhist priest in the Edo period who performed religious services, prayers, and street entertainment for alms. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or cultural contexts.

• 願がん人にん坊ぼう主ずは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに大おお道みちで芸げいを見みせながら托たく鉢はつをした僧そう侶りょの一いっ種しゅである。

  Gannin-bōzu were a type of monk in the Edo period who performed on the streets while begging for alms.