ひさげ

noun

ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle

A traditional vessel used in Shinto rituals or formal occasions; not an everyday item.

• 神かん主ぬしがひさげからお神酒みきを注そそいだ。

  The Shinto priest poured sacred sake from the hisage.

• このひさげは江え戸ど時じ代だいの婚こん礼れいで使つかわれたものだ。

  This hisage was used in weddings during the Edo period.