Bolo

Japanese: ボーロ

〘 noun 〙 (bolo) A small round confectionery made by lightly baking wheat flour and eggs. Ball. [Handbook of Foreign Words (1912)] [Glossary] (1) It was introduced to Japan as a kind of Nanban confectionery at the end of the Muromachi period, and was called ball. It was commercialized early on, and can be found in the Tenna 3 ( 1683 ) catalog of the confectionery shop Kikyoya in Nihonbashi as "Gomaboru," "Hanahoru," and "Maruhoru."
(2) As Western-style baked sweets like biscuits began to gain popularity during the Meiji period, the traditional boro was forgotten.
(3) The original confectionery known today as bolo was a baked confectionery sold during the Meiji period under the name "Sono no Tsuyu." Made from potato starch, it was white in color and beautifully packaged, and so gained a good reputation as "sanitary bolo."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (bolo) 小麦粉に卵を入れてかるく焼いた小さな丸い菓子。ボール。〔舶来語便覧（1912）〕[語誌](1)室町末期に南蛮菓子の一種として日本に伝えられ、ボールと呼ばれていた。早くから商品化され、日本橋の菓子司桔梗屋の天和三年（一六八三）の目録に「ごまぼうる」「花ほうる」「丸ほうる」と見える。
(2)明治に入り洋風の焼菓子ビスケットが台頭するにつれ、古来のボーロは忘れられてしまった。
(3)現在ボーロと呼んでいる菓子の元祖は、明治時代に「園の露」という名で売られていた焼菓子で、片栗粉を原料とし、色が白く包装も美しかったところから、「衛生ボーロ」と呼ばれて好評を博した。

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