伊い勢せ参まいり

noun

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine

Refers to the act of visiting the Ise Grand Shrine, a historically significant Shinto pilgrimage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、一いっ生しょうに一いち度どは伊い勢せ参まいりをしたいと願ねがう人ひとが多おおかった。

  In the Edo period, many people wished to make the Ise pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.

noun

Ise pilgrim

Can refer to a person who makes the pilgrimage to Ise. Less common than the pilgrimage sense, and often context-dependent.

• 道みちで伊い勢せ参まいりに出で会あったら、お接せっ待たいをするのが習ならわしだった。

  It was customary to offer hospitality when you met an Ise pilgrim on the road.