On the other hand, due to the influence of Buddhism there was still a tradition for disliking the consumption of animal flesh and it was only from the Meiji Period onwards that people began to eating meat on a wide scale. |
もっとも、従来より仏教の影響もあり獣肉を食するのを嫌悪する風潮はあり、本格的に獣肉を食するようになるのは明治時代以降の事である。 |