Akamochi - Akamochi

Japanese: 赤もち - あかもち
Akamochi - Akamochi

...The raw materials are Ilex monadelpha (12% content), boxwood (10%), Japanese silverleaf (10%) (all from the family Coptisaceae), and Japanese yarrow (12%) (from the family Coptisaceae). The bark is soaked in water from spring to summer to rot, and in autumn it is pounded in a mortar and the tissue pieces are washed away to extract the torimochi. The crude product is called red mochi, and the bleached version is called white mochi. There are also hon mochi (Ilex monadelpha), ao mochi (boxwood, taro), and yamaguruma (yamaguruma) products. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "akamochi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…原料植物としてはモチノキ(含有量12%),イヌツゲ(10%),クロガネモチ(10%)(以上モチノキ科)や,ヤマグルマ(12%)(ヤマグルマ科)で,春から夏にかけて樹皮を水につけて腐敗させ,秋になってから臼でついて組織片を洗い流してとりもちを採取する。粗製品は赤もちと呼び,漂白したものを白もちという。また本もち(モチノキ),青もち(イヌツゲ,タラヨウ),山車もち(ヤマグルマ)の製品がある。…

※「赤もち」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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