Gishi Okoshi - Gishi Okoshi

... In Edo near the end of the Edo period, various okoshi sellers were seen. Okama okoshi, which were peddled in the shape of a hagama (a rice cooker), were seen during the Bunka era (1804-18), and during the Koka era (1844-48), at the opening of Takanawa Sengaku-ji Temple, there was a koshi called gishi okoshi, where samurai dressed as they were going on a raid carried a large hammer-shaped object and put okoshi inside it and sold it. [Suzuki Shinichi]...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　幕末近くの江戸にはいろいろなおこし売りが見られた。お釜おこしは羽釜（はがま）形のおこしを売り歩いたもので文化年中(1804‐18)に見られ，弘化年間(1844‐48)には高輪泉岳寺の開帳時に，義士の討入り姿で大きな槌（つち）形のものをかつぎ，この中におこしを入れて売った義士おこしというのがあった。【鈴木 晋一】。…

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