| However, the fact was that the cooking was prohibited because a fire was likely to be caused when a female servant in O-koku (the inner halls of Edo-jo Castle where the wife of the Shogun and her servants reside) was cooking fried foods. |
しかしながら、実際には、大奥の侍女のひとりが天ぷらを料理していて、火事を出しかけたために禁止されたというのが事実である。 |