Shippoku

Shippoku (卓袱) is a Japanese culinary style that is heavily influenced by Chinese cuisine.[1][2] It has been described as a fusion cuisine and as a "hybrid cuisine" that combines elements of European, Chinese and Japanese cuisines.[3][4] Meats used in shippoku cuisine include fowl, fish, and game meats. Sake typically accompanies shippoku dishes.[5] The shippoku style of service typically includes several small dishes that comprise a full meal.[6]

Various shippoku dishes at a restaurant in Nagasaki, Japan

Etymology

"Shippoku" is a Japanese word that means "table cloth."[lower-alpha 1]

History

Shippoku cuisine originated from Chinese immigrants to Nagasaki, Japan during the Edo period,[5] which occurred from 1603 to 1868. Nagasaki was the only place in Japan where foreigners (Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese) were allowed to reside during the "centuries of seclusion."[5] During the eighteenth century in Japan, the popularity of Chinese cuisine increased among Japanese intellectuals, and restaurants that focused upon shippoku and fucha cuisines, a vegetarian cuisine also influenced by Chinese cuisine, emerged.[5]

Shippoku cuisine remains a specialty of Nagasaki.[2]

See also

Notes
  1. "The word "Shippoku" means table cloth."[7]

References
  1. Shurtleff, W.; Aoyagi, A. (1975). The Book of Tofu: Food for Mankind. The Book of Tofu. Autumn Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-394-73431-6. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. Nishiyama, M.; Groemer, G. (1997). Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600-1868. THE NIPPON FOUNDATION. University of HawaiÊ»i Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8248-1850-0. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  3. Cwiertka, K.J. (2006). Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity. University of Chicago Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-86189-298-0. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  4. Ejeas. Volume 2. Brill. 2003. p. 95.
  5. History Of Japanese Food. Taylor & Francis. 2014. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-136-60255-9. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. Leventer, L. (1996). Fodor's Japan: the complete guide with the best of Tokyo, Kyoto and old Japan. Fodor's Gold Guides. Fodor's Travel Publications. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-679-03035-5. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. Japanese inn & travel: illustrated. Eibun Nihon etoki jiten. Japan Travel Bureau. 1990. p. 182. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
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