Chickens consumed in early modern samurai residences: A study of bird remains from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, Tokyo, Japan
Chickens consumed in early modern samurai residences: A study of bird remains from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, Tokyo, Japan
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现代早期武士住宅中食用的鸡：对日本东京市谷本村町遗址的鸟类遗骸的研究
DOI：
10.1002/oa.3124
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发表时间：
2022
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1
通讯作者：
Eda Masaki
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作者：
Hsu Kai‐hsuan;Yamane Yoko;Eda Masaki
鸡（Gallus gallus carticus）被认为是在弥生时代（公元前世纪至公元世纪）引入日本的。然而，根据历史文献和考古资料，鸡直到近代才被普遍食用。在东京江户的考古遗址中发现了许多被确认为鸡的遗骸，但很少对鸡的消费模式（如年龄分布和性别比例）进行分析。为了弄清鸡肉消费在近代日本早期是如何流行起来的，我们分析了17世纪至19世纪主要由武士居住的市谷本村町遗址的鸟类组合。我们的研究结果显示，鸡已被消费的网站自17日世纪，但鸡的消费作为食品可能增加，并成为更频繁的世纪后。此外，可以认为，作为消费对象的鸡并不像现代日本那样仅限于未成熟和雌性个体。
Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is thought to have been introduced in Japan during the Yayoi period (5th century BC to 3rd century AD). However, according to historical documents and archeological materials, chickens were not commonly consumed as food until the early modern period. Many remains identified as chicken have been recovered from the archeological sites located in Edo, early modern Tokyo; however, the consumption pattern of chickens, such as age profile and sex ratio of consumed birds, has seldom been analyzed. To clarify how chicken consumption became popular in early modern Japan, we analyzed the bird assemblage from the Ichigaya Honmura‐cho site, mainly inhabited by samurai people between the 17th and 19th centuries. Our results revealed that chickens had been consumed at the site since the 17th century but chicken consumption as food might have increased and become more frequent after the 19th century. Moreover, it can be suggested that the chickens targeted for consumption were not limited to immature and female individuals, as it is in modern Japan.