Reading Colonial Japan by Mason Michele;Lee Helen;

Author:Mason, Michele;Lee, Helen;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

TEXT

The Manual of Home Cuisine

THE WOMEN’S DIVISION

OF THE GREEN FLAG ASSOCIATION

CONTEXT

Korea

CRITIQUE

Eating for the Emperor:

The Nationalization of Settler Homes and Bodies in the Kōminka Era

HELEN J. S. LEE

THE GREEN FLAG ASSOCIATION (Ryokki renmei) was a civilian Japanese settler organization based in the capital of colonial Korea, Keijō. Founded in 1925, this group devoted itself to a wide range of activities that largely aimed at the cultivation of personal spirit, betterment of living conditions, and wartime fundraising. Some of the organization’s primary activities included providing public lectures, publications, and education, as well as initiating collaborative projects with Koreans. The Green Flag Association was established by Tsuda Sakae, professor at Keijō Imperial University, and contributors included men and women who hailed from the elite educated class of Japan and Korea.

The Manual of Home Cuisine (Katei shokuji tokuhon, 1941) is the work of the women’s section of the Green Flag Association, which was headed by Tsuda Sakae’s wife, Tsuda Setsuko. The number of readers is undocumented; however, the energy behind the project is evident in the revision of its first edition (1939), which was produced in 1941 through Kōa Publishing, the central venue for all Green Flag publications.

The passages, charts, and advertisements from The Manual of Home Cuisine translated below provide a satisfying taste of the work’s six sections, which address topics such as proper meals for wartime, staples, side dishes, mealtime etiquette, and diet and disciplinary measures for children. Based on the nutritional science of the time and survey results, this ambitious cookbook presents readers with up-to-date information on ingredients and practical recipes that maximize nutritional intake, accompanied by numerous tables and hand-drawn illustrations. The recommendations are delivered in a gentle but firm voice that attempts to choreograph the daily practices of cooking and dining in settler homes.

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