観かん月げつ会かい

noun

moon-viewing party

Archaic term for a traditional gathering to appreciate the moon, especially the harvest moon. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 月見 (つきみ) or お月見.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは観かん月げつ会かいを開ひらいて和わ歌かを詠よんだ。

  Heian-era nobles held moon-viewing parties and composed waka poems.