Karakokugonin (offering of Chinese powder)

Japanese: 唐粉供御人 - からこくごにん

...The Vegetable Garden, called the Misono, was managed by Kengyo-shiki (Inspector) and Sokan-shiki (General Officer). The Vegetable Garden was thought to have included cucumber, lotus root, bamboo shoots, natto, konnyaku, karako, and somen. Its origins are thought to have been in the Garden and Pond Office (Sonoto), which was in charge of vegetables and fruits, and the Daizen-shiki (Zenbu), which was in charge of sweets, rice cakes, and other common foods, in the Imperial Household Ministry under the Ritsuryo system. The Nori clan, who served as the head of the Mizushidokoro for generations, played a major role in arranging the status of offerings. In the late 12th century, they succeeded in preparing daily offerings using the trade share of the "official offerings from the capital and countryside," and in 1274 (Bun'ei 11) they obtained a letter from the Kuranosho stating that "all those who traded fish, birds, and vegetarian sweets south of Sanjo" should be treated as offerings from the Mizushidokoro.

From 【Fu】

...Because bran was also used as a raw material for wheat gluten, the Honcho Shokan (1697) writes that "myokin is called wheat gluten because it is made from wheat gluten." In Japan, during the Kamakura period, there were Chinese flour offerings (kugonin) who provided wheat gluten as offerings. It seems to have been quite widespread during the Northern and Southern Courts and early Muromachi period, and the Isei Teikin Orai and Yugaku Orai list "fusashimono" as one of the tea ceremony attendants, or tea ceremony attendants. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Karafun Kuonin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのための菜園である精進御薗（みその）には，検校職（けんぎようしき），惣官職が補任されて供御人を統率した。精進供御人の中には，黄瓜（きうり）供御人，蓮根（れんこん）供御人，竹子（たけのこ）供御人，唐納豆（からなつとう）供御人，蒟蒻（こんにやく）供御人，唐粉（からこ）供御人，索麵（そうめん）供御人などが含まれたと思われ，その源流は，律令制下宮内省で蔬菜樹果のことをつかさどった園池司(園戸)や，菓餅庶食のことをつかさどった大膳職(膳部)にあったらしい。　供御人身分の編成に大きな働きのあったのは，代々御厨子所（みずしどころ）預を務めた地下官人紀氏で，12世紀後期，〈都鄙供御人〉の交易分をもって日次（ひなみ）供御を備進させることに成功し，1274年(文永11)には，〈三条以南魚鳥精進菓子已下交易輩〉を，すべて御厨子所供御人として沙汰すべし，との蔵人所牒を獲得している。…

【麩】より

…そのふすまも麩の原料として用いられたため，麪筋は〈麩（ふすま）からつくるので麩という〉と《本朝食鑑》(1697)は書いている。日本では鎌倉時代に供御の麩を貢献した唐粉供御人(供御人)がいた。南北朝ないし室町初期にはかなり普及していたようで，《異制庭訓往来》や《遊学往来》には茶子（ちやのこ），つまり茶請（ちやうけ）の一つとして〈麩指（ふさし）物〉の名を挙げている。…

※「唐粉供御人」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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