Goldfish

Japanese: きんぎょ
Goldfish

...This refers to fish caught around a huge waterwheel that was set up in the river to the northwest of Yodo Castle (present-day Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City) to pump water to the pond inside the castle. In the Muromachi period, fish with yellow edges were called "goldfish" and were especially prized. Carp dishes such as sashimi, pickled fish, soup, beach-grilled fish, sushi, kogori, kotori-yaki, and irigoi can be found in the "Ryori Monogatari" (1643), written in the early Edo period. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "goldfish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは淀(現,京都市伏見区)の城中の池に水をくみ上げるため,城の北西方の川中に設けてあった巨大な水車の辺でとれるものをいった。室町時代には口のまわりが黄色のものを〈きんぎょ〉と呼び,とくに珍重する風もあった。鯉の料理としては,刺身,なます,汁,浜焼き,すし,こごり,小鳥焼き,煎鯉(いりごい)などが江戸初期の《料理物語》(1643)に見られる。…

※「きんぎょ」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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