A drinking and eating party

Japanese: 大酒大食会 - たいしゅたいしょくかい
A drinking and eating party
A drinking or eating contest in which participants compete over the amount of alcohol and food they can eat. Drinking contests are called toun or shusen, while eating contests are called otoshoku. Both are pastimes that can be said to be the product of peaceful and safe societies, but historically the oldest and most famous is the drinking contest held at Teishi-in by Emperor Uda on June 15, 911 (Engi 11). Kino Haseo's record of the day, Teishi-in Shiun-ki, is included in Honcho Monzui. After that, no such records can be found for a long time, but it became popular during the Edo period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
飲酒食事の量を競う飲みくらべ,食べくらべの催し。飲みくらべは闘飲,酒戦と呼び,食べくらべは闘食ともいう。いずれも平穏無事な社会の産物というべき遊びであるが,歴史的に最も古く,かつ著名なのは,911年(延喜11)6月15日,宇多法皇が催した亭子(ていじ)院での闘飲で,その日の様子を記録した紀長谷雄(きのはせお)の〈亭子院賜飲記〉が《本朝文粋(ほんちようもんずい)》に収められている。その後は長らくこうした記録は見られなくなるが,江戸時代に入ると盛んに行われるようになった。

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