炉ろ塞ふさぎ

noun

closing of the winter hearth

A seasonal custom of putting out the hearth fire at the end of winter, marking the transition to spring. Often associated with traditional Japanese life and haiku season words.

• 炉ろ塞ふさぎの日ひ、家か族ぞくは囲い炉ろ裏りの火ひを静しずかに消けした。

  On the day of closing the winter hearth, the family quietly put out the fire in the sunken hearth.