雅号

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal がごうgagou
読み がごう
ローマ字 gagou
漢字の分解 雅 (ga) — elegant, refined; 号 (gou) — title, designation, pseudonym
発音 /ɡa.ɡoː/

意味

Pen name; literary pseudonym; an artistic alias adopted by a poet, writer, or artist separate from their given name.

A noun for the artistic alias used by poets, haiku masters, painters, and calligraphers in Japan's literary and artistic traditions. Unlike 筆名 (pen name in the modern publishing sense), 雅号 carries a classical, aesthetic connotation and was often chosen to reflect a philosophical outlook or personal connection to nature. Matsuo Bashō and Yosa Buson are famous examples.

例文

  1. 松尾芭蕉という雅号は、彼が晩年に住んだ芭蕉庵に由来する。
  2. 江戸時代の俳人は、本名とは別に雅号を持つことが多かった。
  3. 彼女は画家として活動するために、洋花という雅号を用いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: classical literature, art history, biography

トーン: cultural

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 雅 means 'elegant, refined' and 号 means 'title, designation, or name'. The combination denotes a dignified appellation chosen for artistic self-expression.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Literary/Artistic

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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