Kinton (金団) are small balls of sweet bean paste covered in a colourful, shredded type of dough (commonly made from a type of potato).

Nowadays they have an almost fuzzy appearance, but originally were far simpler and far plainer.

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Shio Yoshiken (塩芳軒) prepares a selection of 7 sweets for 'Wagashi-no-hi' (和菓子の日), named after the original 'Kashō Celebrations'.

Of particular interest is the yellow sweet. This is how 'kinton' (きんとん), a typically fluffy-looking wagashi, originally looked.

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Kashōchodai (嘉祥頂戴) ended with the Meiji Restoration, and the tradition of eating sweets on July 16th all but vanished.

Then, in 1979, 'Wagashi-no-hi' (和菓子の日) was established by the 'Japan Wagashi Association' (全国和菓子協会) to celebrate Japanese confectionery.

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Eating sweets on this day slowly spread to the masses.

A particular custom emerged, in a call-back to the original celebration, of eating 16 types of sweets (costing 16 文 'mon'). As the act of eating was a prayer of sorts, they were consumed in silence!

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An official document of 1818 states that 20,000 individual sweets were prepared in Edo Castle (江戸城) for this single day!
Guests queued for hours to receive their sweets.

Naturally there was symbolism in this act....

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Thanks to Emperor Ninmyō, sweets became associated with good health and the prevention of disease.

Named after the new era, 'Kajō-gashi' (嘉祥菓子) were a type of sweet eaten each June 16th as a prayer for health. This tradition continued for many centuries.

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Ume fruit picked on June 16th is known as 'kashō-no-ume' (嘉祥の梅).
There is a superstition that if you dry out the plums and eat them then you will escape misfortune and other disasters✨

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June 16th is a day for celebrating traditional Japanese sweets...something we do a lot in the tearoom.

After a series of epidemics Emperor Ninmyō (仁明天皇) held special prayers on the 16th June 848 for the health and prosperity of the nation.

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Naturally there was symbolism in this act....

The characters for confectionery/sweets '菓子' (kashi) were also a homonym for '下賜' (kashi), which meant the giving of something to a person of lower social standing than you.
This act of giving sweets reaffirmed hierarchical ties and subservience to the shōgunate.

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Named after the new era, 'Kajō-gashi' (嘉祥菓子) were a type of sweet eaten each June 16th as a prayer for health. This tradition continued for many centuries.

The tradition of presenting the emperor with sweets for the 'Kashō Celebrations' (嘉祥の祝) was still alive in the Muromachi period.
In the 'Oyudono-no-ue-no-nikki' (御湯殿上日記), a diary kept by the ladies of court, these sweets were known as 'katsū'/'kazū' (かつう/かずう).

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As it was the 16th day, Ninmyō made an offering of 16 kinds of sweets & mochi (餅) to the gods.
The appearance of a white turtle in Bungo Province (豊後国) seemed to confirm that the prayers had worked, and so the emperor changed the era name to Kashō (嘉祥 'good augury'-848-51).

Thanks to Emperor Ninmyō, sweets became associated with good health and the prevention of disease.

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けものフレンズ３＠公式アカウント (＠kemono_friends3)
家具「てるてるラッキービースト」を設置すると、テレビ横にラッキーさんを模した美味しそうなものが✨
これは「嘉祥菓子」という和菓子で、6月16日は16個のお菓子をお供えして疫病を除け健康招福を祈願したそうです。
という事で本日は #和菓子の日 らしいですよ♪

#けもフレ３ #けものフレンズ
https://twitter.com/kemo_project/status/1272851355330179072 from #けもフレ青鳥

けものフレンズ３＠公式アカウント (＠kemono_friends3)
家具「てるてるラッキービースト」を設置すると、テレビ横にラッキーさんを模した美味しそうなものが✨
これは「嘉祥菓子」という和菓子で、6月16日は16個のお菓子をお供えして疫病を除け健康招福を祈願したそうです。
という事で本日は #和菓子の日 らしいですよ♪

#けもフレ３ #けものフレンズ
https://twitter.com/kemono_friends3/status/1272771206794457090 from #けもフレ青鳥