酉とりの待まち

noun

Tori-no-machi festival (archaic spelling)

Archaic name for the festival now known as 酉の市, held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November. The modern term 酉の市 is used in contemporary Japanese.

See also: 酉の市

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには「酉とりの待まち」と記きされている。

  In Edo-period documents, it is written as '酉の待'.