盲めくら暦ごよみ

noun

picture calendar for illiterates

Historical term for a calendar that used pictures to convey dates and seasonal information to people who could not read. The word めくら is now considered a sensitive term; modern usage typically avoids it or uses it only in historical context.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、文も字じが読よめない人ひとのために盲めくら暦ごよみが使つかわれていた。

  In the Edo period, picture calendars were used for people who could not read.