三み日か夜よの餅もち

noun

third-night rice-cake ceremony

A Heian-period wedding custom where the bride and groom ate rice cakes together on the third night after the wedding. Also referred to as 三日の餅. Historical term; not part of modern wedding practices.

See also: 三日の餅

• 三み日か夜よの餅もちは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの婚こん礼れいの儀ぎ式しきの一ひとつである。

  The third-night rice-cake ceremony was one of the wedding rituals of the Heian period.