According to the opinion identifying Tang confectionery as its origin, karinto was brought over from China by a Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China in the Nara Period and was enjoyed by the upper class people in Kyoto. |
唐菓子を起源とする説:奈良時代に遣唐使によってもたらされた唐菓子で、京都の上流階級に食された。 |