東とう帰き

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

returning east; going back to an eastern place

Rare, literary term. Historically used for returning to Tokyo from Kyoto or other western areas; now mostly encountered in historical or poetic contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいの文ぶん豪ごうが京きょう都とから東とう京きょうへ東とう帰きする様よう子すを日にっ記きに綴つづった。

  A literary giant of the Meiji era wrote in his diary about returning east from Kyoto to Tokyo.