Confectionery stamps - Kashi no Kitte

Japanese: 菓子の切手 - かしのきって
Confectionery stamps - Kashi no Kitte

...Soba stamps probably started around the end of the Edo period when a soba vendor invented and popularized a type of soba called "moving soba." Although they are rarely seen nowadays, confectionery stamps were often distributed to mourners at funerals until before World War II. In the Edo period in Osaka, stamps featuring manju and yokan from Toraya in Koraibashi 3-chome were famous.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そばの切手は業者が〈引越しそば〉なるものを考案,普及させてからのもので,たぶん幕末近くに始まると思われる。現在ではほとんど見られなくなったが,菓子の切手も第2次世界大戦前までは葬儀の会葬者にくばることが多かった。江戸時代の大坂では,高麗橋3丁目の虎屋のまんじゅう,ようかんの切手が有名だった。…

※「菓子の切手」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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