Illustrations and Tables

 

PLATES

Following page 84

1. Samurai stealing chimaki from the imperial palace

2. A knife ceremony (shikibImagechImage), Ikama school

3. Meal for an imperial New Year’s ohagatame ritual, Edo period

4. Snipe wing serving (hamori) and spiny lobster (ebi no funamori) dishes

5. Main tray and second banquet tray, from ShijImage-House Decorations for 7-5-3 Trays

6. Decorative platter (shimadai) with wing serving (hamori)

7. Sweets served to the emperor in 1626

8. Edo-period pattern book for sweet making

 

FIGURES

1. Tangoya and Hyimagetei, teahouses outside the gates of Nanzenji temple

2. Chimaki

3. Main tray from Culinary Text of the Yamanouchi House

4. Second tray from Culinary Text of the Yamanouchi House

5. Third tray from Culinary Text of the Yamanouchi House

6. Shokon hikiwatashi (shikisankon), from Scroll of Seven Trays and Nineteen Rounds of Drinks

7. Noh actors crowned with food headdresses

8. Chefs preparing a meal

9. Kitchen staff

10. Directions for cutting a daikon to look like a flower

 

TABLES

1. Locations on a ceremonial cutting table

2. Early HImagechImagenin culinary texts

3. Portuguese dishes in Barbarians’ Cookbook

4. Seasonality of ingredients in Guide to Meals for the Tea Ceremony, indicated by month

5. Menu for an end-of-the-year performance of Noh plays

6. “Hundred Tricks” texts