供く餅もち

noun

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

• 供く餅もちは神かみ棚だなに供そなえられた。

  Offering mochi was placed on the household Shinto altar.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょに「供く餅もち」の記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  The term 供餅 appears in old documents.