Winding Water Banquets

Winding Water Banquets were elaborate picnics as social gatherings which were hold alongside a pond or stream, amid the beauty of nature. Servants filled cups of sake which were placed into the water stream, which the attendants took, drank, and recited a poem. Winter Court: Kyuden Kakita, p. 66 During Imperial Winter Court it took place at the end of the first two weeks, before the snowfall had become regular and the streams in the palace gardens had frozen. A haiku contest was held, and the final poem of
the banquet's “winner” was recorded for posterity. Sword and Fan, p. 168
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