Kaheisho - Kaheisho

…They were called Tougashi (Chinese sweets), and unlike fruits that can be eaten simply by gathering or picking, they were artificially made, but because they were both luxury items, they were considered to be a type of sweets (fruit). In the Ritsuryo system, the Imperial Household Ministry's Daizenshiki had an office called the Chief Confectioner, and a facility called the Kaheisho. The Chief Confectioner was responsible for "making confections (fruits) and miscellaneous rice cakes (kusagusa no mochi)," and in addition to storing and accounting for fruits that were sent to the Imperial Court from various countries, the Kaheisho was responsible for making "miscellaneous rice cakes, etc." It seems that the Kaheisho was the workshop where they made these "miscellaneous rice cakes, etc." …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…唐菓子（とうがし∥からくだもの）と呼ばれたのがそれで，採集･摘採されるだけで食用可能な果実類とはちがって人為的につくられるものではあったが，嗜好品である点が同じだったためであろう，〈菓子（くだもの）〉の類とされたのである。令制（りようせい）では宮内省大膳職（だいぜんしき）に主菓餅（くだもののつかさ）という官が置かれ，菓餅所（かへいしよ）という施設があった。主菓餅は〈菓子（くだもの）のこと，雑餅（くさぐさのもちい）等を造らむ事〉をつかさどる職とされ，宮廷用として諸国から貢進される果実類の保管，出納などとともに，〈雑餅等〉をつくることにあたり，菓餅所はその作業所だったようである。…

※「菓餅所」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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