Imagawayaki
Imagawayaki (今川焼き) is a Japanese dessert often found at festivals and other places that one might, in America, find funnel cake. It is made of batter in a special pan (similar to a waffle iron but without the honeycomb pattern), and filled with sweet azuki bean paste, although it is becoming increasingly popular to use a wider variety of fillings such as potato and mayonnaise.
Imagawayaki began to be sold near the Kanda Imagawabashi bridge during An'ei years (1772 - 1781) in the Edo period. The name of Imagawayaki originates in this thing.
Various names
Imagawayaki has various names by areas and eras.
- Ōban'yaki (大判焼き) — is used in most areas.
- Kaiten'yaki (回転焼き) — is major in Kansai and Kyūshū region.
- Nijyūyaki (二重焼き)
- Gishiyaki (義士焼き)
- Tomoeyaki (巴焼き)
- Koban'yaki (小判焼き)
- Taikoyaki (太鼓焼き)
- Bunkayaki (文化焼き)
- Taishōyaki (大正焼き)
- Jiyūyaki (自由焼き)
- Kaiten manjū (回転饅頭)
- Taiko manjū (太鼓饅頭)
- Fūfu manjū (夫婦饅頭) or Fū man (フーマン)
- Oyaki (おやき) — is different from "oyaki" in Nagano Prefecture.
- Kintsuba (きんつば) — is in some of Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture, and different from "kintsuba" of wagashi.
By the store or the company
- Gozasōrō (御座候) — is a product name of Gozasōrō Inc which was established in 1950 in Himeji. It means "thank you for the purchase" in an archaic style.[1]
- Higiriyaki (ひぎりやき) — is a product name of Sawai Honpo Inc in Ehime. It originates in Higiri jizō near the Matsuyama station.[2]
Historical and inactive
- Fukkōyaki (復興焼き) — The song on the occasion of the revival after the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923, is mentioned that imagawayaki was renamed fukkōyaki.[3]
References
- ^ Kobe Shimbun, June 28th, 2003.
- ^ Ehime Shimbun, March 5th, 2005.
- ^ Satsuki Soeda and Hakurui Shibuya, "Fukkou bushi" (復興節), 1923. JASRAC 074-0605-3.
See also
External links
- Template:Ja icon "Between Kaiten'yaki, Ōban'yaki and Imagawayaki" by Tsutomu Kushima. He is an investigator of the popular culture of Shōwa period.
- Template:Ja icon Nijyūyaki Jōhō
- Template:Ja icon Gozasōrō Inc.