賭弓のりゆみ

noun

prize archery; imperial archery event

Historical term for an archery competition with prizes, specifically the annual court event held on the 18th day of the first lunar month during the Heian period.

• 賭弓のりゆみは平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅう行ぎょう事じの一ひとつで、弓ゆみの腕うで前まえを競きそい合あった。

  Noriyumi was one of the imperial court events in the Heian period, where participants competed in archery skill.

• 賭弓のりゆみの勝しょう者しゃには賞しょう品ひんが与あたえられた。

  Prizes were awarded to the winners of the noriyumi archery contest.