Okoshigome - Okoshigome

Japanese: 興米 - おこしごめ
Okoshigome - Okoshigome

…A confectionery made by mixing sugar, starch syrup, etc. with the rice bran made from glutinous rice, non-glutinous rice, and millet. In the past, it was called okoshigome and written as komai. From the time of the Wamyōshō, the character kiyojiyo was often used, but according to Li Shizhen's Bencao Gangmu, kiyojiyo was closer to the modern-day quince candy. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もち米,うるち米,アワなどを原料とする糒(ほしい)を炒(い)ったおこし種に,砂糖,水あめなどを混ぜて練り固めた菓子。古くは〈おこしごめ〉と呼び,興米と書いた。《和名抄》あたりから粔籹(きよじよ)の字をあてることが多くなったが,李時珍の《本草綱目》によると粔籹はいまのかりん糖に近いものだったようだ。…

※「興米」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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