The Banquet of the Curved Waters

Japanese: 曲水の宴 - きょくすいのえん

One of the annual events held by the Imperial Court and nobles during the Heian Period. It is also called "Gokusui no En" or "Megurimizu no Toyo no Akari." A curved stream is a stream that flows through the foothills, forests, and gardens. On the day of the third month of the month or the Peach Festival on March 3, participants sit facing the curved stream, recite a poem before the cup that flows from upstream passes in front of them, pick up the cup and drink sake, and hold a banquet in a separate hall to recite the poem they have composed. The first record of this event is in the Nihon Shoki, in the entry for the third month of the month of the month of the first year of Emperor Kenso (485), that it was held in the rear garden. As a court event, it was temporarily suspended in the third year of the Daido Period (808) of Emperor Heizei, but was revived in the third year of the Koho Period (966) of Emperor Murakami, and it began to be held in the residences of aristocrats, but it was not held during the Sengoku Period. Nowadays, at Jonan-gu Shrine in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, a reproduction is held on April 29th and November 3rd based on the Edo-period paintings on the cedar doors of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. On the first Sunday in March, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture holds the Kyokusui-no-en Banquet, which is said to have been started by Dazai Daini Ono no Yoshifuru in 958. It is also held at Motsu-ji Temple in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture (on the fourth Sunday in May).

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Japanese:

平安時代に朝廷や公家の間で行なわれた年中行事の一つ。「ごくすいのえん」「めぐりみずのとよのあかり」ともいう。曲水は，山麓，樹林，庭園を曲がりくねって流れる水。3月上巳または 3月3日の桃の節供に，参加者各自が曲水に臨んで着座し，上流から流される杯が自分の前を通り過ぎる前に詩歌を詠じ，杯を取り上げて酒を飲み，別堂で宴を開いて詠んだ詩歌を披講した。『日本書紀』のなかで顕宗天皇1（485）年3月上巳の条に後苑で行なわれたと記されているのが初見。宮廷行事としては，平城天皇の大同3（808）年に一時停止されたあと，村上天皇の康保3（966）年に復活し，貴族の邸宅でも開かれるようになったが，戦国時代には行なわれなくなった。今日では，京都府京都市伏見区の城南宮で 4月29日と 11月3日に，江戸時代に描かれた京都御所の江戸時代の杉戸絵をもとに再現されているほか，福岡県太宰府市の太宰府天満宮で 3月第1日曜日に，天徳2（958）年に太宰大弐の小野好古によって始められたと伝えられる曲水の宴があり，岩手県平泉町の毛越寺（5月第4日曜日）などでも催されている。

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