offering mochi; mochi rice cakes used as offerings
Archaic term for mochi offered to deities or ancestors. The modern equivalent is 供え餅 (そなえもち).
See also: 供え餅
Offering mochi was placed on the household Shinto altar.
The term 供餅 appears in old documents.
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic term.
Variant using the outdated kanji 餠 for 餅.
A hybrid compound of the Sino-Japanese reading 供 “offering” and native 餅 “rice cake,” denoting rice cakes presented as an offering.