秋しゅう季き皇こう霊れい祭さい

noun

autumnal imperial ancestor worship ceremony

A former imperial ceremony of ancestor worship held on the autumnal equinox (秋分の日). Now obsolete; the term is encountered only in historical contexts.

See also: 秋分の日

• 秋しゅう季き皇こう霊れい祭さいは、かつて秋しゅう分ぶんの日ひに行おこなわれていた宮きゅう中ちゅう祭さい祀しの一ひとつである。

  The Shūki Kōreisai was one of the imperial court rituals formerly held on the autumnal equinox.