In the Heian period, on Lunar New Year's Day (15th of New Year), there was a ceremony to tell bad or good luck of the year in Seiryoden (a building for ceremonies) in the East Garden of the Imperial Court.
小正月（正月十五日）、平安時代の宮中、清涼殿の東庭で行事がありその年の吉凶などを占ったとされる。