Dakou - Dakou

Japanese: 駄餉 - だこう

Originally, it was pronounced "dasho" and referred to a horse-drawn sack sent on horseback, but from the Heian and Kamakura periods onwards, it was usually pronounced "dakou" or "dagou" and came to refer to meals eaten while away from home. The above term was widely used for people of high rank, from aristocrats and generals to ordinary samurai and monks, but examples of its use show that it was not used to refer to formal meals served at inns, camps, and temporary accommodations such as those brought with oneself when going out or accompanying a battle, or food for soldiers when invited to a military facility, but rather to meals eaten at lodgings, temporary huts, and campsites during travel, marches, hunting parties, and outings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

本来は〈だしょう〉と読み，馬につけて送るかいばをいったが，平安･鎌倉時代以降は通常〈だこう〉〈だごう〉と読み，外出先での食事を指す語となった。上は貴族･将軍から一般武士･僧侶等まで身分ある者について広く用いられた語であるが，用例からすると，外出や従軍のさい持参する旅籠（はたご），腰兵粮（こしびようろう）や招待先の邸宅での正式の供応を駄餉と呼ぶことはなく，もっぱら旅行，行軍，巻狩，遊山などにさいして，宿所，仮屋，野営地など臨時の逗留地で取る食事を呼んだ。

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