In Japan, too, there has been this custom through the ages: in the "Engishiki" (an ancient book of codes and procedures on national rites and prayers) there appears Nanakusa-gayu, which is called Mochi-gayu and written as 餅粥 (望粥). |
日本でも古くから行われており、『延喜式』には餅粥(望粥・もちがゆ)という名称で七種粥が登場する。 |