八橋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
や(つ)
Grade: 1
はし
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 八ツ橋
  • 八ッ橋

Etymology

The name is thought to either derive from the shape, resembling a koto in memory of Yatsuhashi Kengyō, an early-Edo period musician who started the modern tradition of koto music; or from the location where it was first prepared, which was close to Mikawa-no-kuni Yatsuhashi, an area in modern-day Chiba Prefecture.

Noun

(やつ)(はし) • (yatsuhashi) 

  1. a Japanese confectionery which is a famous regional food of Kyoto
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