Gion's incense roasting

Japanese: 祇園の香煎 - ぎおんのこうせん
Gion's incense roasting

...Before the Edo period, red rice, also known as Taito rice, was widely used as the main ingredient, and the poem "Inu Tsukubashu" (Inu Tsukuba Collection) contains the following line: "Japanese people have a wide mouth, why do they drink it while ignoring Taito?" The "Gorui Nichiyo Ryori Sho" (1689) describes a recipe that uses a mixture of Job's tears seeds, Japanese pepper, dried tangerine peel, Taito rice, and fennel, and claims that this is the famous Kyoto Gion spiced tea. In addition, in a notice from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's grand tea ceremony in Kitano in October 1587 (Tensho 15), it also appears that "Those without tea will not suffer even if they are roasted." ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Gion no Kosen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代以前から大唐(たいとう)米と呼ばれた赤米(あかごめ)を主材料としてさかんに用いられたもので,《犬筑波集》には〈日本のもののくちのひろさよ たいとうをこかしにしてや飲ぬ覧〉の句が見られる。《合類日用料理抄》(1689)には,薏苡仁(よくいにん)(ハトムギの種子),サンショウ,陳皮,大唐米,ウイキョウ(茴香)を配合する製法が記載され,名物として知られた京都祇園の香煎はこれだとしている。また1587年(天正15)10月,豊臣秀吉が北野の大茶会を催したときの触れには〈茶なきものはこがしにても苦しからず〉とも見えている。…

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