御薪みかまぎ

noun

kindling for shrines and temples

Archaic term for firewood or kindling burned in religious settings.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、神じん社じゃで御み薪かまぎを焚たいた記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  Ancient documents record that 御薪 was burned at shrines.

noun

Edo-period samurai New Year kindling

Special kindling used in samurai households on the 15th of the first month, decorated with 12 or 13 brush strokes.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ家けでは正しょう月がつ十じゅう五ご日にちに御み薪かまぎと呼よばれる特とく別べつな薪まきを用もちいた。

  During the Edo period, samurai families used a special kindling called 御薪 on the 15th of the first month.

noun

official kindling for the imperial court

Kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryō period.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいの時じ代だい、役やく人にんたちは朝ちょう廷ていに御み薪かまぎを献けん上じょうした。

  During the ritsuryō period, officials presented 御薪 to the imperial court.