servants' holiday on the 16th of the 1st and 7th months
Archaic term for a traditional holiday when live-in servants were allowed to return home. Observed on January 16 and July 16 in the old lunar calendar.
In the Edo period, servants were allowed to return to their family homes on the day of yabuiri.
Standard kanji form for this archaic term.
Variant with 薮 (simplified form of 藪).
Ateji spelling; rarely used.
The origin of the element 藪 is uncertain. The word historically denotes the customary holidays on which live-in servants could return to their family homes.