Suhama

Japanese: 州浜 - すはま

A type of Japanese confectionery. It is made by grinding soybeans into flour, kneading it with sugar and starch syrup, and using split bamboo to create a stick-shaped confectionery. The confectionery is made by Uemura Yoshitsugu, a Japanese confectionery shop on Marutamachi-dori in Kyoto, which has been making it using the same method since it was founded in 1657 (Meireki 3). Today, in addition to this shape, broad bean-shaped ones, bracken-shaped ones, and ones with red, yellow, and green dumplings on a skewer are made in Kyoto and other places. It is said to have been invented by Shojuken, a confectionery shop in Kyoto during the Koan era (1278-1288) of the Kamakura period. "Suhama" refers to the indentations of the beach, and the patterns and family crests that embody this shape, as well as the island stands that imitate this shape and are used to decorate weddings and banquets with images of pine, bamboo, plum, cranes, turtles, and Mount Horai, are also called "suhama."

Source : Kodansha Dictionary of Japanese, Western, Chinese and Ethnic Cuisines of the World

Japanese:

和菓子の一種。大豆をいって粉にひき、砂糖・水あめなどを加えて練り、割り竹を用いて「州浜（台）」をかたどった棹物の菓子。1657（明暦3）年の創業以来の製法を伝える京都・丸太町通の和菓子店「植村義次」のものが知られる。また、こんにちではこの形のもののほか、そら豆の形のもの、わらびの形のもの、赤・黄・緑のだんごを串に刺したものが京都などで作られる。◇鎌倉時代の弘安年間（1278～1288）に京都にあった菓子店「松寿軒」が考案したものとされる。「州浜」は浜辺の入り組んだところをいい、これを意匠化した文様、家紋、またこの形を模し、婚礼や饗宴の飾り物として松竹梅や鶴亀、蓬莱山の情景などを飾るのに用いた島台も「州浜」という。

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