Mitsuru Kakimoto, mumwe mutezo weJapan Vegetarian Society anonyora, kuti: “Nzvero yandakaita munyika 80 dzokuMadokero, kubatanidza pakati pavaAmerica, vokuBritain neCanada, yakaratidza kuti inenge hafu yavo inodavira kuti kusadya miriwo kwakatanga muIndia. Vamwe vakapindura vakati kwakaberekerwa vegetarianism kuChina kana Japan. Zvinoratidzika kwandiri kuti chikonzero chikuru ndechokuti vegetarianism uye Buddhism zvakabatanidzwa muWest, uye izvi hazvishamisi. Kutaura zvazviri, tine zvikonzero zvose zvokutaura kuti “.
Gishi-Wajin-Den, bhuku renhoroondo dzechiJapan rakanyorwa kuChina muzana remakore rechitatu BC, rinoti: “Munyika iyoyo hamuna mombe, hamuna mabhiza, hamuna ingwe, hamuna ingwe, hamuna mbudzi, hamuna magpies anowanikwa panyika ino. Mamiriro ekunze akanaka uye vanhu vanodya miriwo mitsva muchirimo nemuchando.” Zvinoita sokuti, . Vaibatawo hove nehove, asi nyama vaisambodya.
Panguva iyoyo, Japan yakanga ichidzorwa norudzidziso rwechiShinto, zvikurukuru rwokunamata Mwari, rwakavakirwa pakunamatwa kwamasimba omusikirwo. Mukuwirirana nomunyori Steven Rosen, mumazuva apakuvamba echiShinto, vanhu nemhaka yechirambidzo pakuteurwa kweropa.
Mazana amakore mashomanene gare gare, chiBuddha chakauya kuJapan, uye maJapan akarega kuvhima nokuredza. Muzana ramakore rechinomwe, Empress Jito wokuJapan akakurudzira kusunungurwa kwemhuka muusungwa ndokuvamba nzvimbo dzinochengeterwa mhuka uko kuvhima kwairambidzwa.
Muna 676 AD Mambo weJapan aitonga panguva iyoyo Tenmu akazivisa mutemo wairambidza kudya hove nehove, pamwe nemhuka nenyama yehuku.
Mukati memazana emakore gumi nemaviri kubva panguva yeNara kusvika kuMeiji Reconstruction muhafu yechipiri yezana ramakore rechi 12, maJapan aidya chete ndiro dzemuriwo. Chikafu chainyanya kudyiwa chaive mupunga, nyemba nemuriwo. Kubata hove kwaibvumirwa chete pazororo. (reri zvinoreva kubika).
Izwi rechiJapanese rokuti shojin ishanduro yeSanskrit ye vyria, zvinoreva kuva akanaka uye kudzivisa zvakaipa. Vaprista vechiBuddha avo vakafunda muChina vakaunza kubva mutembere dzavo muitiro wokubika nokuzvinyima zvokudya nokuda kwedonzo rokuvhenekerwa, mukuwirirana nomutoo wakakwana nedzidziso dzaBuddha.
Muzana ramakore rechi 13, Dogen, muvambi weboka reSoto-Zen, akapa . Imbwa yakadzidza dzidziso dzeZen kunze kwenyika muChina panguva yeRwiyo Rwenziyo. Akasika mitemo yekushandiswa kwekudya kwezvinomera senzira yekujekesa pfungwa.
Yakava nepesvedzero huru pavanhu vokuJapan. Chikafu chinoshandiswa pamutambo wetii chinonzi Kaiseki muchiJapan, zvinoreva kuti "dombo rechipfuva". Mamongi aiita tsika yokuzvinyima aitsikirira matombo anopisa pazvipfuva zvawo kuti apedze nzara yawo. Izwi rokuti Kaiseki pacharo rasvika pakureva chikafu chakareruka, uye tsika iyi yakakonzera zvakanyanya chikafu cheJapan.
Iyo "Temberi yeMhou Yakatemwa" iri muShimoda. Yakavakwa nguva pfupi mushure mekunge Japan yavhura mikova yayo kuMadokero muma1850s. Yakamiswa mukuremekedza mhou yekutanga yakaurayiwa, zvichiratidza kutyorwa kwekutanga kwemirairo yeBuddha inorambidza kudya nyama.
Munguva yemazuva ano, Miyazawa, munyori wechiJapan uye mudetembi wepakutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, akagadzira chinyorwa chinotsanangura gungano rengano rezvinomera. Zvinyorwa zvake zvakaita basa rinokosha mukusimudzirwa kwekudya miriwo. Nhasi, hapana mhuka imwe chete inodyiwa mumamongi eZen Buddhist, uye mapoka echiBuddha akadai saSao Dai (iyo yakatanga kuSouth Vietnam) inogona kuzvirumbidza.
Dzidziso dzechiBhudha handicho chikonzero chega chekuvandudzwa kwezvinomera muJapan. Mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 19, Dr. Gensai Ishizuka akabudisa bhuku redzidzo umo aikurudzira zvokudya zvedzidzo nokusimbisa mupunga webrown nemiriwo. Maitiro ake anonzi macrobiotics uye anobva pahuchenjeri hwekare hweChinese, pamisimboti yeYin uye Yang uye Doasism. Vanhu vazhinji vakava vateveri vedzidziso yake yemishonga yekudzivirira. Japanese macrobiotics inoda kudya mupunga webrown sehafu yezvokudya, nemiriwo, bhinzi uye gungwa.
Muna 1923, The Natural Diet of Man yakabudiswa. Munyori, Dr. Kellogg, anonyora, kuti: “. Anodya hove kamwe chete kana kaviri pamwedzi uye nyama kamwe chete pagore.” Bhuku racho rinotsanangura kuti muna 1899, mambo weJapan akagadza sei basa rekuona kana nyika yake yaifanira kudya nyama kuitira kuti vanhu vasimbe. Komisheni yacho yakagumisa kuti “maJapan akagara achikwanisa kuita pasina izvozvo, uye simba ravo, tsungiriro uye kugona mumitambo zvakakwirira kupfuura izvo zvemijaho ipi neipi yeCaucasia. Chikafu chikuru muJapan mupunga.
Zvakare, maChinese, Siamese, maKorea nevamwe vanhu vekuMabvazuva vanoomerera kune zvakafanana kudya. .
Mitsuru Kakimoto anogumisa kuti: “Vanhu vokuJapan vakatanga kudya nyama makore anenge 150 akapfuura uye iye zvino vari kutambura nezvirwere zvinokonzerwa nokunyanya kushandisa mafuta emhuka uye chepfu inoshandiswa mukurima. Izvi zvinovakurudzira kuti vatsvage chikafu chakasikwa uye chisina njodzi uye vadzokere kune zvechinyakare zveJapan cuisine zvakare. "