noun
fortune-telling slip; street fortune-teller
Historical term for a practice where a fortune-telling message was written on a slip of paper and left at a crossroads, or for the fortune-teller who interpreted it. Now mostly encountered in historical or literary contexts.
江戸時代には、辻占と呼ばれる辻に置かれた紙片で運勢を占う風習があった。
In the Edo period, there was a custom of fortune-telling using slips of paper called tsujiura left at crossroads.
古典落語に辻占を題材にした噺がある。
There is a classical rakugo story based on tsujiura.
Compound of 辻 (tsuji, 'crossroads') and 占 (ura, 'fortune-telling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term refers to a specific Edo-period fortune-telling practice.