Kuchikamizake
Kuchikamizake (口噛み酒, " "mouth-chewed sake") is a Japanese word referring to a kind of saliva alcohol. Prior to the eighth century, perhaps the most widely made rice wine was so-called overnight sake, or hitoyozake(一夜酒), made by allowing cooked rice or rice gruel to ferment naturally.[1] Kuchikamizake was one type of the earliest sake. Kuchi means "mouth," kami means "to chew," and zake is the rendaku form of "sake." "Kuchikami no sake" is a synonym. It was an opaque whitish color and quite sour. Some islands in Okinawa prefecture were holding a chewed sake for their religious rituals until the 1930s.[2]
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References
- ^ Early Types of Sake Kikkoman "Sake in Japanese Food Culture (No. 2)"July 2015
- ^ 2011年度南山大学人文学部人類文化学科フィールドワーク（文化人類学）I1・II2調査報告書 Nanzan University, 2011, p47
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