弓ゆ場ば始はじめ

noun

imperial archery ceremony (Heian/Kamakura)

Historical court ceremony held on the fifth day of the tenth lunar month, where the emperor observed prize archery. Specific to the Heian and Kamakura periods.

• 弓ゆ場ば始はじめは、平へい安あん時じ代だいから鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいにかけて行おこなわれた宮きゅう中ちゅうの弓ゆみの儀ぎ式しきである。

  Yubahajime was an archery ceremony held at the imperial court from the Heian through the Kamakura periods.

noun

first bow shooting of the year (military families)

In military families, the first shooting of the bow after the New Year or after rebuilding the archery range. A more general, though still historical, usage.

• 武ぶ家けでは、新しん年ねんや弓ゆ場ばの再さい建けん後ごに弓ゆ場ば始はじめを行おこなった。

  In warrior households, yubahajime was performed after the New Year or after the reconstruction of the archery range.