first anniversary of a person's death
Buddhist memorial service held on the first anniversary of a death. Compare 大祥忌 (third anniversary).
See also: 大祥忌
Shōshōki is a memorial service held on the first anniversary of the deceased's death.
小祥 is the traditional East Asian mourning observance held about one year after a death; 忌 marks it as a death-anniversary observance. The term entered Japanese Buddhist memorial usage.