Bean-sweetened bread - Bean-sweetened bread

Japanese: あんパン - あんぱん
Bean-sweetened bread - Bean-sweetened bread

…At first, bread was baked in hotels and Western restaurants for foreigners, but the navy fully adopted bread consumption in 1873, and the army also used large amounts of bread during the Saga Rebellion and the Seinan War. In 1874, Kimura Yasubei of Kimuraya began selling "anpan," a bread made with rice malt and filled with sweet bean paste, which became popular and spread among the general public. It was later used as a substitute food during the poor harvest in 1890, and was also produced as military food during the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, which led to its popularity. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最初はホテル,西洋料理店などで外国人向けにパンを焼いていたが,海軍が1873年から全面的にパン食を採り入れ,陸軍でも佐賀の乱,西南戦争の際大量のパンを使用した。74年に木村屋の木村安兵衛が米こうじを使ったパンにあんを入れた〈あんパン〉を売り出したのが評判となって一般に普及するようになった。その後90年の凶作のときの代用食として,また日清,日露戦争の軍用食糧として生産されたことも普及につながった。…

※「あんパン」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。

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