NichiDict

虚無僧

こむそう
[komusou]

Meanings

1.Noun

begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

Examples

虚無僧が尺八を吹きながら街を歩いていた。

A mendicant monk walked through the streets playing the shakuhachi.

時代劇に虚無僧が登場する場面は多い。

Mendicant monks often appear in period dramas.

深編笠を被った虚無僧の姿は独特だ。

The appearance of a mendicant monk wearing a deep sedge hat is distinctive.