Yuki and Miki - Yuki-suki

Japanese: 悠紀･主基 - ゆきすき

Names related to the rituals of the Daijosai. Yuki can also be written as Saiki or Yuki, and Suki can also be written as Tsugi or Suki. New grains from the sacred fields of Yuki and Suki were offered as sacred food at the Yukiden in the east and Sukiden in the west of Daijokyu, respectively. The provinces and counties of Yuki and Suki were in principle selected by divination and were not specified, but from the mid-Heian period onwards, Omi Province was selected for Yuki, and Tamba Province and Bitchu Province were selected for Suki alternately, and only the counties were determined by divination. The Meiji Tokokurei (Ceremony of the Succession of the Emperor) decreed that the sacred fields of Yuki be located to the east and south of Kyoto, and the fields of Suki be located to the west and north of Kyoto.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大嘗祭（だいじようさい）における祭儀に関する名称。〈ゆき〉は斎忌，由基，〈すき〉は次，須伎などとも記す。悠紀国，主基国の斎田の新穀が，それぞれ大嘗宮の東の悠紀殿，西の主基殿で神饌に供された。悠紀･主基の国郡は卜定によって選ぶのが原則で特定されていなかったが，平安中期以降は悠紀は近江国，主基は丹波国と備中国が交互に選ばれ，郡のみが卜定された。明治の登極令では京都の以東以南に悠紀，以西以北に主基の斎田を勅定する定めとなった。

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