白しろ酒き

noun

white sake; sacred white sake

Archaic term for a white, unrefined sake used as a sacred offering to the gods in ancient Shintō rituals. Contrasts with 黒酒 (くろき), black sake.

See also: 黒酒

• 古こ事じ記きには、白しろ酒きと黒くろ酒きを神かみに供そなえたと記しるされている。

  The Kojiki records that white sake and black sake were offered to the gods.