{"id":48468,"date":"2022-04-27T10:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/?page_id=48468"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:49:12","slug":"historie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/kaiseki\/historie\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of Kaiseki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48468\" class=\"elementor elementor-48468\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53c55b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53c55b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc08332\" data-id=\"bc08332\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b3a6b text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39b3a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many small courses, whose ingredients and the respective preparation are just as coordinated with the season as the tableware used: that is Kaiseki. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/kaiseki\/\">Kaiseki<\/a> is considered the high form of classical Japanese cuisine.\u00a0<\/p><p>One reads in various European as well as Japanese sources again and again that the culinary Kaiseki would have its origin in the Cha-Kaiseki, a small, light meal to the tea ceremony.<\/p><p>This is not correct, even though the two forms of kaiseki may go back to a common ancestor and both were shaped by the same contemporary historical influences.\u00a0<\/p><p>In fact, there are some very interesting stories surrounding the history of kaiseki. Here we explain how culinary kaiseki evolved and where it resembles its \"meditative\" sibling cha-kaiseki and where it differs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47b348f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47b348f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a35589\" data-id=\"6a35589\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-064e068 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"064e068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the culinary traditions that unite Kaiseki?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2c1b66 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2c1b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Modern Kaiseki reveals a whole range of traditional Japanese haute cuisine. But four influences in particular are very strong:<\/p><ul><li>The cuisine of the imperial court, which emerged in the 9th century (Heian period), is known as y\u016bsoku-ry\u014dri (\u6709\u8077\u6599\u7406).<\/li><li>the Buddhist cuisine of the temples <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/shojin-ryori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sh\u014djin-Ry\u014dri (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine)<\/a> from about the 12th century (Kamakura period)<\/li><li>the culinary customs of samurai households, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsunagujapan.com\/zh-hant\/4-typical-japanese-cuisine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honzen cuisine (\u672c\u81b3\u6599\u7406)<\/a>, from the 14th century (Muromachi period)<\/li><li>the special meals that accompany the tea ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/kaiseki\/historie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cha-Kaiseki (\u8336\u61d0\u77f3 or simply \u61d0\u77f3)<\/a>, from the 15th century (also Muromachi period).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7684638 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7684638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over time, these very different culinary traditions each developed their own formal language, became ritualized and remain so to this day. They all persist to this day, for themselves and in the Kaiseki kitchen.<\/p><p>How strongly each of the four different influences is valued is up to each chef. Thus, while one kaiseki refers more to its roots in imperial court cuisine, another kaiseki is dominated by borrowings from cha-kaiseki. Those who study kaiseki in depth also recognize the differences: court cuisine and samurai cuisine place a great deal of emphasis on adornment, understanding each individual course as an art form in its own right. Temple cuisine and the meals of the tea ceremony appear moderate, restrained, almost restricted in comparison.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6bb60e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6bb60e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85c4883\" data-id=\"85c4883\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c4d10 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8c4d10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where does Kaiseki come from?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3cd192 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3cd192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We can still trace kaiseki quite easily to Japan. Both kaiseki and cha-kaiseki are well known here and are still served today in various inns specializing in them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>But if we look for the historical developments, things quickly get complicated. How can we dissect and trace the various influences that kaiseki has experienced over the centuries? Chronologically, this is hardly possible, because kaiseki is always also an interpretation by the cook.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990431f title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"990431f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How a culinary tradition emerges from political upheaval<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d649cbf text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d649cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Both kaiseki and cha-kaiseki show clear borrowings from Honzen Ry\u014dri, samurai cuisine. Honzen Ry\u014dri was served to entertain guests in the households of the Buke (warrior caste, \u6b66\u5bb6) especially in the Muromachi period. An explanation is needed here:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>In the West, we always speak of samurai when we refer to the Japanese warrior class. In Japan, however, these warriors are called bushi (\u6b66\u58eb). The first kanji (Sino-Japanese character) of Buke and Bushi is identical. Buke is the noble warrior caste (\u5bb6, -ke, stands for the house, also in the sense of the family or household), while Bushi is the individual warrior.<\/p><p>This legendary warrior caste formed toward the end of the Heian period (794-1185) and developed through the Kamakura period (1185-1333). Thus, in the Muromachi period (1336-1573), we are already dealing with a highly developed social class that has a strong awareness of its status. This is due, among other things, to the political developments of the period. In the Muromachi period, the previously disempowered and purely representative imperial house attempted to disempower the strengthened warrior families and reestablish itself at the head of the Japanese empire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f98bd title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6f98bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Power and prestige shifts from the battlefield to the dining table<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0e0c4 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef0e0c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of course, this did not suit the noble warrior families, who stood up to the upheaval in military conflicts. Warrior associations came together, community consciousness grew in this class.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Visits, entertainment, and meals became social kit and a matter of political survival.<\/p><p>The Buke meals served to guests exuded power and prestige. Usually, each of the many small dishes was elaborately arranged on plates, bowls and platters. The individual dishes were once again grouped together on a small table with low legs for sitting on tatami called zen (\u81b3).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225314e title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"225314e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does Kaiseki-Ry\u014dri have to do with tea?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48ac2e text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d48ac2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even today, of course, you can drink tea with the kaiseki. But that is not the point here. We are still trying to trace the historical development of kaiseki. And now we're going to take it a step further: We're linking the history of kaiseki to the history of tea in Japan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de9f6b text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de9f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the Nara and Heian periods, the Japanese imperial court sent envoys, called Kent\u014dshi (\u9063\u5510\u4f7f), to the Tang Dynasty in China and to the then Empire of <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baekje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baekje<\/a> (a part of today's Korea). There they studied customs and traditions, picked up ideas about crafts and science, and brought them back to Japan.<\/p><p>Along the way, Buddhism came to Japan, and at some point tea also entered the country. Buddhist monks first used tea as a medicine against exhaustion and fatigue. We still do today when we refer to the awakening properties of tein.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9ec24 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c9ec24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Drinking tea as a remedy for the exhaustion of the monks<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0045e4f text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0045e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tea drinking slowly became more popular in Japan, but fell into oblivion again in the 10th and 12th centuries. It was not until the beginning of the 14th century that the Buddhist priest Mus\u014d Kokushi laid down rules on how tea should be prepared and enjoyed. These were the beginnings of the tea ceremony.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>However, to this day, the Sh\u014dgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa is considered the real father of the tea ceremony. After resigning from all government offices, the man became a Buddhist abbot and refined the ritual of tea drinking more and more.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>At some point, a light meal was served with the tea. One often reads that this developed into the Cha-Kaiseki.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39284d title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b39284d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When did tea become a social ritual?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512662f text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"512662f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy the 1400s, the tea ceremony in its various forms was widespread among all classes of Japanese society. The sumptuous ceremony was preceded by the simple tea gathering called s\u014dancha (\u8349\u5eb5\u8336) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omotesenke.jp\/list2\/list2-1\/list2-1-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wabicha (\u4f98\u3073\u8336)<\/a> opposite. The drink for exhaustion had become an art form.\nThere are numerous legends surrounding the sumptuous tea parties of warlords and princes, rulers and aristocrats: For nine days in 1587, Hideyoshi Toyotomi is said to have tasted tea with all the tea lovers of Japan in Ky\u014dto! So within a few decades, tea became a social event.\n\nIn order not to go beyond the scope of this short treatise, we will now simplify a bit: whoever celebrates tea so extensively, must of course also eat something. Cha-kaiseki still refers to the light meals that guests were served with tea. Nevertheless, it would not be correct to consider culinary kaiseki as a descendant of cha-kaiseki (which still exists today). Because in fact these forms have developed in parallel, not one from the other.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c7eedd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c7eedd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c0ed8d\" data-id=\"4c0ed8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b08c69 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b08c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kaiseki (\u4f1a\u5e2d)&nbsp;<div>or Kaiseki (\u61d0\u77f3)?<\/div><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295be9e text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"295be9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In fact, both spellings are correct - to German ears both words sound the same, only by looking at the kanji characters used you can see that they are two different forms of kaiseki.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9670d81 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9670d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 );font-size: 21.5px;letter-spacing: 0.3px;white-space: normal\">Culinary Kaiseki Character \u4f1a\u5e2d&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ddf1c text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ddf1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">Kaiseki (\u4f1a\u5e2d) means what we call here the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/kaiseki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"culinary\" kaiseki or kaiseki ry\u014dri<\/a> know\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">This refers to a menu of selected dishes served individually for each guest on a separate tray.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">The first character, \u4f1a, stands for a gathering, a social event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">In the Edo period, when society was in upheaval and life suddenly developed at a much faster pace, gastronomy was not left unscathed. Numerous restaurants were invented, each aimed at a particular class of society and\/or tied to a specific occasion. Life as a whole shifted more into the public sphere, and with it the taking of meals.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Kaiseki-Ry\u014dri is one such occasion: sharing an elaborate meal as a social event can be traced back to the Edo period. Before that, these meetings probably took place more in private.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-810b338 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"810b338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 );font-size: 21.5px;letter-spacing: 0.3px;white-space: normal\">Character for the plain tea kaiseki&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 21.5px;white-space: normal\">\u61d0\u77f3<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 );font-size: 21.5px;letter-spacing: 0.3px;white-space: normal\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8f235 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf8f235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">Kaiseki (\u61d0\u77f3), on the other hand, means the plain meal served to guests of a cha-no-yu, even before tea.<\/strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\"> This is the spelling we also use for Cha-Kaiseki (\u8336\u61d0\u77f3).<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c114cef title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c114cef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.5px;white-space: normal\">Common ancestors<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1cb4a text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e1cb4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">The two different spellings are not entirely clear. Today it is assumed that Cha-Kaiseki and Kaiseki-ry\u014dri developed from a common ancestor from the tea ceremony environment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5160f67 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5160f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The legend with the stone against hunger<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f4498 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f4498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In our search for the origin and development of Cha-Kaiseki (\u61d0\u77f3), we have repeatedly encountered a legend: Buddhist monks tried a lot to block out hunger. And they came up with the idea of putting a hot stone in the breast pocket of their robe to get rid of the feeling of hunger. The monks tried not to eat any food after noon. So hunger was a daily companion.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Of course, we don't know if there is any truth to this legend. But we do see the reference to the kaiseki in the kanji. The character \u61d0 actually refers to the so-called futokoro, the inside of the kimono. Here, the fabric forms a pocket through the girding and rests on the chest. To this day, valuables or other items are sometimes stowed in this pocket.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>So if you come across the legend of the \"chest stone\" (kaiseki), now you know exactly what it's all about.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc970b title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dc970b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dishes as Medicine - Yakuseki and the Relation to Cha-Kaiseki<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc2146 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cc2146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The evening meal of the Buddhist monks is sometimes regarded as medicine and is supposed to bring health. Then one speaks of Yakuseki (\u85ac\u77f3). The first kanji means \"medicine\", the second \"stone\". Here again we come to the legend with the stone: If the monks were sick, they were of course still allowed to have an evening meal. This was supposed to help them recover - the meal was thus proverbial medicine. The term yakuseki is still used today to refer to a light supper, especially an oatmeal.<\/p><p>Perhaps the current spelling of Cha-Kaiseki (\u8336\u61d0\u77f3) developed from this later. The first kanji here means \"tea\", the second \"robe\", the third again \"stone\". The Japanese characters have been simplified, rearranged and changed over the centuries. Binding rules, which word is to be written how, do not exist for a long time yet. It is possible that kaiseki and cha-kaiseki come together here through language.<\/p><p>Another point speaks for a development of the Kaiseki and the Cha-Kaiseki from a common ancestor. Until the 16th century, both forms of the kaiseki were written with the same characters (\u4f1a\u5e2d) - so originally there was no spelling for the \"stone-robed kaiseki\" or cha-kaiseki.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>It was not until the Edo period (1603-1868) that Japan began to build the theoretical framework known today around the tea ceremony. The Zen concept of \"Kaiseki\" was added later.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Kaiseki was therefore not originally anchored in Zen (and in the tea ceremony). But people knew very early in Japan: The strong tea Koi-cha (\u6fc3\u8336) is not good for the stomach as long as it is empty. Therefore, a light meal was served before drinking the tea. The meal as a preventive medicine before the high consumption of the tea - here we are again with the characters discussed above. Cha-Kaiseki is a very simple dish to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2458e title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d2458e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kaiseki and Cha-Kaiseki, a close relation?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa4294 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fa4294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, it is always emphasized that kaiseki and cha-kaiseki are closely related. Often, as evidence of the common origin in the culture of Zen Buddhism, it is cited that it is a vegetarian meal. However, this is not correct. For both kaiseki and cha-kaiseki know animal-based dishes. In the Kaiseki-ry\u014dri, these are an integral part of the meal.<\/p><p>It stands to reason, then, that Kaiseki-ry\u014dri and Cha-Kaiseki developed in parallel, perhaps from a common ancestor. Both are close in appearance and ideas to the Honzen-ry\u014dri. But this did not have much to do with Buddhist abstinence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce4980 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cce4980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><i>Beware of false tradition: Kaiseki and also Cha-Kaiseki were not originally vegetarian!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d8b3a title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14d8b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Both forms of kaiseki as an expression of focus on the essentials<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c32f63 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c32f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To better understand Kaiseki, perhaps we can start at another point: Kaiseki has <i>not<\/i> from a simple meal to haute cuisine. But throughout history, more and more useless elements and excess have disappeared from the kaiseki. Everything that was not needed for the idea of this elaborate meal was removed.\u00a0<\/p><p>What remains today is what constitutes a pleasure for all the senses: the quintessence of the sensory experiences of regional and seasonal ingredients, harmoniously coordinated and prepared with the necessary respect for the treasures of nature.\u00a0<\/p><p>So both kaiseki are ultimately a reduction to the absolute essentials, in one case the understated accompaniment to tea, in the other the artful completion and presentation of seasonal dishes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae635dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae635dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17f28fc\" data-id=\"17f28fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183b897 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"183b897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More information about Kaiseki, tea and more<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4697c92 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4697c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These are exclusively Japanese sources. But even for those who do not speak Japanese, a look at the websites is still worthwhile: The pictures speak for themselves!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/school.cha-cafe.jp\/toucha\/item.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tea in Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saijigoyomi.com\/chakaiseki-ryori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cha-Kaiseki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wa-gokoro.jp\/accomplishments\/sado\/422\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The way of the tea<\/a> (and associated dishes)<\/li>\n<li>Short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobayashi-foods.co.jp\/washoku-no-umami\/japanese-food-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Japanese cuisine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonet.ne.jp\/~shoyu\/mametisiki\/reference-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrangement and consequence of the courts<\/a> in various Japanese meals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viele kleine G\u00e4nge, deren Zutaten und die jeweilige Zubereitung genauso auf die Jahreszeit abgestimmt sind wie das verwendete Geschirr: Das ist Kaiseki. Kaiseki gilt als Hochform der klassischen japanischen K\u00fcche.\u00a0 Man liest in verschiedenen europ\u00e4ischen wie auch japanischen Quellen immer wieder, dass das kulinarische Kaiseki seinen Ursprung im Cha-Kaiseki, einer kleinen, leichten Mahlzeit zur Teezeremonie, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":46680,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,133,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-kaiseki","category-template-neu","category-washoku"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48468"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62274,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48468\/revisions\/62274"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}