I Ate Only Edo Period Japanese Commoner Food for a Week

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Grab your copy of The Last Book here: https://mdsh.io/thelastbook, and use promo code BIRCHWOODBOOK for 10% off! What would you write in your diary as the last earthling? Let me know in the comments! In this episode of the historical food week series, I’m adventuring into late Edo-period Japanese commoner food! Credits: Camera assistant for sponsorship outdoor scenes: Eva Snijders Research consultant: Sarah Prince, researcher at University of St Andrews All other pre-production, production, and post-production roles were done by V. Birchwood 🕯 Support my art on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood ✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood 🪡 Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vasibirchwood/ 📖 Business inquiries - [email protected] Further Reading: Koten Rakugo Taikei (8 volumes); edited by Shigeru Ekuni, Nobuyuki Onishi, Hiro Nagai, Seiichi Yano and Junichi Mita; San-ichi Publishing Co., Ltd., 1969 Edo Jutaku Jijo; Hisako Katakura, editorial supervision by Tokyo Metropolitan Archives; Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 1990 Edo Machibure Shusei Vol. 1–19; edited by Kinsei Shiryo Kenkyukai; Hanawa Shobo, 1994–2003 Kinsei Fuzoku-shi (5 volumes); Kitagawa Morisada, revised by Hideki Usami; Iwanami Shoten, 1996–2002 Rakugo ni Miru Edo no Shokubunka; edited by the Institute for the Culture of Travel; Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Publishers, 2000 Nihon Shokumotsu-shi; Ayako Ehara, Naoko Ishikawa and Shoko Higashiyotsuyanagi; Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2009石毛直道, & イシゲナオミチ. (2019). The history of food culture exchange for long-term periods: Japan as an example. Senri Ethnological Studies, 100, 11-22. Vaporis, Constantine N. "Caveat Viator. Advice to Travelers in the Edo Period." Monumenta Nipponica (1989): 461-483. https://www.tokyofoundation.org/research/detail.php?id=242 https://sengokudaimyo.com/rm-about https://sengokudaimyo.com/rm-ch7 https://guides.lib.ku.edu/c.php?g=1239199&p=9068794 https://www.tokyoweekender.com/food-and-drink/how-to-taste-japanese-food-as-it-was-prepared-centuries-ago/ https://www.kenji-world.net/english/download/works/Rain.html https://www.tokyoweekender.com/food-and-drink/how-to-taste-japanese-food-as-it-was-prepared-centuries-ago/ https://archive.org/details/ukiyoburo00shikuoft/page/12/mode/2up https://www.kikkoman.com/jp/kiifc/foodculture/pdf_1920/e_010_016.pdf https://www.kikkoman.com/jp/kiifc/foodculture/pdf_12/e_002_006.pdf https://www.japannakama.co.uk/food/edo-period-japanese-food-culture/ https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Beekeeping-in-the-Edo-period-using-Japanese-honeybees-Apis-cerana-japonica-From-Noted_fig1_342473268 https://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/download/digidepo_9551733_po_NDL-Newsletter191_911.pdf?contentNo=1&alternativeNo= https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/03/29/tororo-yamaimo/ https://recipes.hypotheses.org/tag/edo https://museumcollection.tokyo/en/works/6449349/ https://www.edohakuarchives.jp/detail-30352.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame_ni_mo_makezu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu_Hyakuchin To access the original Tofu Hyakuchin in Japanese: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/2536494/1/1 Image Sources: Select imagery supplied by Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons, and others. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Khalili_Collection_of_Kimono_K100.jpg https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Beekeeping-in-the-Edo-period-using-Japanese-honeybees-Apis-cerana-japonica-From-Noted_fig1_342473268 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatar_people%D1%8B1862.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1849_Japanese_Map_of_Edo_or_Tokyo,_Japan_-_Geographicus_-_Edo-tokyo-1849.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kunisada-woman-blackening-teeth.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shika-no-Makifude_17th.jpg https://www.edohakuarchives.jp/detail-30352.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bento_at_Hanabishi,_Koyasan.jpg Blue Lotus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ame_ni_mo_makezu_poem_in_Miyazawa_Kenji%27s_pocket_notebook.jpg https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/video/closeup-of-freshly-caught-sardines-on-ice-at-the-fish-stockfootage/1318833635 https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/video/group-of-mackerel-fish-stockfootage/2204300626 https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/video/smoked-sprats-in-oil-close-up-stockfootage/1190331960 https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/video/drops-of-water-fall-on-fresh-vongole-filmed-on-a-high-stockfootage/1966170736 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tohu100.jpg https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/2536494/1/2 Featured Music: Roie Shpigler - Kumiko Isaku Kageyama - Aizu Bandaisan Isaku Kageyama - Sohma Bon Uta Roie Shpigler - Hikaru to Shine Max H. - Back Home Borrtex - Reflections Isaku Kageyama - Yagi Bushi Isaku Kageyama - Tokyo Ondo Idokay - Ichi-no-Tani Idokay - Shi ga futari o wakatsu made Isaku Kageyama - Tanko Bushi  Tomo Suzuki - Koto Story in Kyoto