Side dishes

Japanese: おかず
Side dishes

...A god who protects women and newborn babies without aversion to impurity both before and after childbirth. Also called Ubusama, Unokami, Obunokami, etc. Both Ubu and Ob come from the same root as Umu, which means birth, but in southern Ehime Prefecture, the soul of a child is called Ubu. It is common for those who are impure about childbirth to avoid visiting the shrine, but the birth god is special, and it was believed that he willingly enters the birth room and protects the new mother. It is believed that the birth god comes to the birth room at the same time as the birth and leaves on the third or seventh night, but in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, the celebration begins on the day of Obi-iwai. ...

From [Japanese cuisine]

…However, since the dawn of history, Japanese politics have been centered on rice cultivation, and rice has been the staple food of at least the ruling class and city dwellers. The concept of a side dish to a staple food was not necessarily unique to Japan, but the nature of Japanese “okazu” (side dishes) was quite unique. As a result of relying on rice as the staple food for both calories and nutrition, okazu came into being as a sort of appetite stimulant to go with rice, and went on to form the core of Japanese cuisine. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "side dishes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…出産の前後を通じて不浄を忌まず,産婦と生児を守ってくれる神。ウブサマ,ウノカミ,オブノカミなどともいう。ウブもオブも産を意味するウムと同じ語源からきているが,愛媛県南部では小児の魂をウブという。産のけがれのあるものは神参りを避けるのがふつうであるが,産神だけは特別で,進んで産屋の忌の中に入ってきて産婦を守るものと信じられていた。産神は出産と同時に産屋にきて,3日目か七夜には立つと考えられているが,熊本県阿蘇地方では帯祝の日からまつりはじめるという。…

【日本料理】より

…しかし,有史以来日本の政治は稲作を中心として行われ,少なくとも支配層と都市民の食生活は米飯を主食とするものだった。主食に対する副食という概念は,必ずしも日本だけのものではなかったが,日本の〈おかず〉の性格はきわめて特異なものであった。カロリー,栄養ともに主食の米飯に依存した結果,おかずは米の飯を食べるための食欲刺激剤的なものとして成立し,そのまま日本料理の中核をなすものとなった。…

※「おかず」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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