四し大だい節せつ

noun

the four grand national holidays (1927-1948)

Historical term for four major Japanese national holidays observed from 1927 to 1948: 四方拝 (Shihōhai, Prayer to the Four Quarters on Jan 1), 紀元節 (Kigensetsu, Empire Day on Feb 11), 天長節 (Tenchōsetsu, the Emperor's Birthday on Apr 29), and 明治節 (Meijisetsu, Emperor Meiji's birthday on Nov 3). The term is now obsolete; these holidays were reorganized after WWII.

See also: 紀元節 · 四方拝 · 天長節 · 明治節

• 戦せん前ぜん、四し大だい節せつには学がっ校こうで式しき典てんが行おこなわれた。

  Before the war, ceremonies were held at schools on the four grand national holidays.

• 四し大だい節せつの一ひとつである紀き元げん節せつは、現げん在ざいの建けん国こく記き念ねんの日ひにあたる。

  Kigensetsu, one of the four grand national holidays, corresponds to today's National Foundation Day.