Japanese kanji symbols for man: Page 3

Azuma-otoko is an classics name for the man who was to be born and raised in the Kanto region in Japan.

There is a classics name for the woman in Kyoto;"京女(Kyou onna)", and azuma-otoko is a name contrasted with it.
In Japan, it is said that the Kyoto woman is very womanly.
On the other hand, the man in the Kanto region is said that the character is generous and manly.

It's just "Azuma otoko".
Originally, this word indicates the man of the 江戸(Edo) birth.

The Edo period is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era.

The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan.

Toshi otoko.pdf

Toshi otoko is one of old customs of Japan, it has two meanings.

1.
It indicates the man who plays the leading part of the family event such as New Years.
Especially, toshi otoko presides over all family's events and it does when limiting it at the New Year.
Toshi otoko presided over all of the preparation for the thorough cleaning at twilight for the New Year to approach, the decoration at the New Year, and the paragraph dish etc.
These customs are hardly seen in recent Japan.

2.
The men is called "Toshi-otoko" and their birth year is the same as that particular year.
There are 12 different animals(Juunishi) in the Chinese zodiac signs, and each year an animal is chosen as the sign of the year, like "The year of the rat" and "The year of the ox".

The 十二支[Juunishi] is not used as a calendar in Japan today, but everybody knows the animal representing the year in which he or she was born.

When the sign of a particular year is the same as a man's birth sign, he is termed 年男[toshi-otoko], while a woman is termed 年女[toshi-onna].

He is a dissipated man, but I can't dislike him somehow.

彼は放蕩男だが、なぜか憎めないヤツだ。
[kare wa houtou otoko daga, nazeka nikumenai tatus da]

Japanese tattoo symbols of Mountaineer.pdf

Genan is an employment man like a servant to do chore.

The term valet has existed at least since the 15th century, though clearly the position of manservant is an ancient one.
In the classical sense of the word, they were men who worked for other men, performing a variety of duties.

Japanese tattoo symbols of Koshoku-ichidai-otoko.pdf

Koshoku ichidai otoko (tr. "The life of an amorous man") is a novel written by IHARA Saikaku.
The hero named Yonosuke ("Man of the World") was born as a child between Yumesuke ("Man of the Dreams"), who lived in insatiable pursuit of love affairs with women and men as well, and a celebrated courtesan;
The son first made love to a woman at the age of seven.

Japanese tattoo symbols of Shiranami-gonin-otoko.pdf

This is a famous title of the 歌舞伎[kabuki] in Japan.

Shiranami gonin otoko is one of the most important works by 河竹黙阿弥[Kawatake Mokuami], who specialized in writing Shiranamimono [works with thieves as heros of the stories].

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弁天小僧[Benten Kozo]:

"Aoto zo shi hana no nishiki e", as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the shiranamimono (tales of thieves) sub-category of the kizewamono (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays.

Written by Kawatake Mokuami, it first premiered at the Ichimura-za in Edo in March 1862.
The play is frequently known by a number of other names.
The name "Benten Kozo-" actually refers to the main character of the play, a gizoku (honorable thief), one of a band of five such men.

Another common name for this play is "白波五人男[Shiranami Gonin Otoko]".