| The oldest historical reference to
Sanuki udon is a drawing on a 300-year-old folding
screen. Konpira Sairei-zu, ("Festival drawings
from the shrine of Konpira, the guardian deity of
seafarers") a possession of the oldest shrine
Konpiragu, is mounted on a folding screen and depicts
in detail the temple town of that time. Three udon-ya
restaurants are clearly depicted. At that time,
udon-ya restaurants existed in large cities such
as Tokyo and Osaka. That the temple town of Konpiragu
had udon-ya restaurants during this period reveals
that Sanuki enjoyed a developed udon culture from
an early period. |
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The
three udon-ya illustrated on the Konpira Sairei-zu
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