殿上眉

• 天上眉
• 天井眉

殿 (てん)上 (じょう) (tenjō, “palace, court”) + 眉 (まゆ) (mayu, “eyebrow”)

Illustration of "Kesa Gozen" by Tomioka Eisen, 1898. Her 殿上眉 (てんじょうまゆ) (tenjō mayu) appear on her forehead high above her eyes.

殿上眉 (hiragana てんじょうまゆ, rōmaji tenjō mayu)

1. (historical) false eyebrows drawn high on the forehead with ink or cosmetics
   • 2005, Rintarō Mayuzumi, Taiga dorama “Yoshitsune” ga dekiru made [Making of historical drama “Yoshitsune”]‎, page 150:

     美 (み)輪 (わ)氏 (し)は総 (そう)白髮 (しろかみ)のかつらに眉 (まゆ)を剃 (そ)り、殿 (てん)上 (じょう)眉 (まゆ)のメイク。

     Miwa-shi wa sō shirokami no katsura ni mayu o sori, tenjō mayu no meiku.

     Mr Miwa donned a wig of entirely white hair and shaved his eyebrows for tenjō mayu makeup.

• 引眉 (ひきまゆ) (hikimayu)
• 置眉 (おきまゆ) (okimayu)

• 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• 2001, 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten), Second edition (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Shogakukan.