Celebration dish - Iwai Fish

Japanese: 祝肴 - いわいざかな
Celebration dish - Iwai Fish

...Singing, dancing and hidden performances also came to be called sakana, and the term 'sakana mai' (dance of food) was born. Even today, osechi cuisine includes auspicious foods such as chestnuts, sesame beans, herring roe and kelp, and is called 'iwaizakana' (celebratory food), but this custom was called 'shikizakana' (ceremonial food) and was valued during the samurai era. In the written records of the Okusa family, who were cooks for the Muromachi Shogunate, it is written that when going out to battle, the fish to be used is a combination of noshi (pounded abalone), chestnuts and kelp, with the intention of 'fighting, winning and rejoicing.'...

From [Osechi cuisine (New Year's cuisine)]

..."Osechi" and "sechi" are short for "sekku" (seasonal offerings), and originally referred to ceremonial food on festival days and special days. However, it is believed that the word "sekku" came to be used to mean festival days, and thus the word "osechi cuisine" arose. Also, since the most important festival day is New Year's Day, the word "osechi" came to refer to New Year's cuisine, and furthermore, it often refers to the celebratory dishes (shuko) and other items in a box (kumiju). A box is a box of food packed in a box....

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…歌舞や隠し芸を行うこともさかなと呼ぶようになり,〈肴舞(さかなまい)〉の語も生まれた。現在でもおせち料理にはめでたい食物としてかちぐり,ごまめ,かずのこ,コンブなどを用い,これを祝肴(いわいざかな)などと称するが,こうした風習は式肴といって,武家時代に重視されたものであった。室町将軍家の料理方であった大草家の伝書には,出陣のときのさかなは〈打って勝って喜ぶ〉と,のし(打ちアワビ),かちぐり,コンブを組み合わせることが書かれている。…

【おせち料理(御節料理)】より

…〈おせち〉〈せち〉は節供(せちく)の略で,もともとは節日,物日の儀式的な食物をいったが,節供の語が節日の意に用いられるようになって,〈御節料理〉の語が発生したものと思われる。また,節日のうち最も重要なのが正月であることから,正月料理をさすようになり,さらにその中の祝肴(しゆこう)その他の組重(くみじゆう)の物をいうことが多くなった。組重は重詰料理のことである。…

※「祝肴」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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