河原者

かわらもの

Meanings

1. Noun labourer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan)
2. kabuki actor (Edo period); theatre people See also: 河原乞食 (かわらこじき).

Kanji

• 河 river. Read as かわ.
• 原 original
• 者 person. Read as もの.

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