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Illustrated Guide to Famous Products from Japan’s Mountains and Seas: Sōmen from Yamato Miwa

Shitomi Kangetsu (1747-1797)1799

Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture

Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture
Tokyo, Japan

This scene sketches the production process of sōmen (thin wheat flour noodles). In the description it is written that “sōmen from Yamato Miwa, with their thin wire-like shape, white as snow, don’t turn fat when boiled. In all of Japan no sōmen match Yamato Miwa sōmen.”

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  • Title: Illustrated Guide to Famous Products from Japan’s Mountains and Seas: Sōmen from Yamato Miwa
  • Creator: Shitomi Kangetsu (1747-1797)
  • Date Created: 1799
  • Rights: Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary Culture, National Institute of Japanese Literature
Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture

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