spill-and-pelt

Updated: May 18, 2025

A general run off, be it observed, something like the "spill-and-pelt" scene in an English pantomime, is the legitimate and invariable termination of the Kiyôgen. The game of football is in great favour at the Japanese Court. The days on which it takes place are carefully noted in the "Daijôkwan Nishi," or Government Gazette.

Baron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale - Tales of Old Japan