富とみくじ

noun

temple/shrine lottery

Historical term for a lottery held by a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine, often to raise funds.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、寺じ社しゃが富とみくじを開ひらいて資し金きんを集あつめた。

  In the Edo period, temples and shrines held lotteries to raise funds.