Skipjack Tuna and Women’s Social Status in Japan

Posted on Aug 2, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog

Continuation of skipjack tuna, katsuo. By the way, during the Edo period (1600-1868) Edokko (citizens of Edo, the present Tokyo) went crazy for the first taste of katsuo, skipjack tuna. Hatsugatsuo (the first season skipjack tuna) was very expensive. So, the famous saying was born; “Nyobo wo Shichi ni Iretemo Hatsugatsuo” (I have to taste the first season skipjack tuna, even if I had to pawn my wife.) Well, if my men during the Edo period really pawned their...

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