屯とん食じき

noun

egg-shaped glutinous rice ball (Heian, Kamakura periods); tray or container for serving rice balls

Historical term for a type of rice ball and the tray used to serve it, primarily from the Heian and Kamakura periods. The food sense is the primary meaning; the container sense is secondary and less common.

• 屯とん食じきは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの儀ぎ式しきで供きょうされたとされる。

  Tunjiki are said to have been served at ceremonies in the Heian period.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょに「屯とん食じき」の記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  The term 'tunjiki' appears in ancient documents.