投なげ文ぶみ

noun

love letter tossed into a home

Historical term for a love letter thrown into someone's house or garden, often used in classical literature and period dramas.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの物もの語がたりには、投なげ文ぶみで恋こい心ごころを伝つたえる場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In Heian-period tales, scenes of conveying love through a tossed-in letter often appear.