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...During the Muromachi period, words such as kou no mono (fragrant food) and narazuke appeared. The former is thought to have originally referred to miso-zuke (pickled vegetables) because miso is also known as kou (fragrant food), but it came to be used as a general term for pickles, and was also called koukou (fragrant food), shinkou (new fragrance), okoukou (pickled vegetables), and oshinkou (pickled vegetables). The latter is thought to have been a name used to distinguish kasuzuke from Nara, a region famous for its sake, from kasuzuke from other regions, but it soon became another name for vegetable kasuzuke. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Okouko" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…室町期には,香(こう)の物,奈良漬といったことばが現れてくる。前者は,みその異名を〈香(こう)〉というところから,本来はみそ漬をいったことばだとされるが,漬物の総称として使われるようになり,香香(こうこう),新香(しんこう),おこうこ,おしんこなどとも呼ばれるようになった。後者は,名酒の産地であった奈良のかす漬を他地方のかす漬と区別して呼んだ名と思われるが,これもまもなく野菜のかす漬の別称のようになった。…

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