Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Lit. airing. Also called mushiboshi 虫干. The practice of inspecting and airing valuables that have been in storage to check insect and climatic damage, usually carried out in late summer or early autumn. The practice often becomes an annual ritual, as seen in the autumn exhibition of the treasures of the *Shōsōin 正倉院 held at the Nara National Museum.