Editing Okonomiyaki (section)

==History==
A thin [[crêpe]]-like confection called ''{{ill|funoyaki|ja|麩の焼き}}'' may be an early precursor to ''okonomiyaki''.<ref name="heibonsha">{{Harvnb|Heibonsha|1964}} encyclopedia vol. 3, p. 445, article on ''okonomiyaki'' by Tekishū Motoyama 本山荻舟 (1881–1958)</ref><ref name="okonomi world">{{cite web |url=http://okonomiyakiworld.com/Okonomiyaki-History.html |title=Okonomiyaki History |publisher=Okonomiyaki World |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723154414/http://okonomiyakiworld.com/Okonomiyaki-History.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Records of the word {{Transliteration|ja|funoyaki}} appear as far back as the 16th century, as written about by tea master [[Sen no Rikyū]],<ref name=kumakura>{{Harvnb|Kumakura|2007}}, p.168</ref> and though the dish's ingredients are unclear, it may have included ''fu'' ([[Wheat gluten (food)|wheat gluten]]).<ref name="heibonsha"/> By the late [[Edo period]] (1603–1867),<ref>In {{Harvnb|Heibonsha|1964}} {{Transliteration|ja|funoyaki}} is (mistakenly) said to be a late Edo-period confection</ref> ''funoyaki'' referred to a thin crêpe baked on a cooking pot, with [[miso]] basted on one side.<ref name="heibonsha"/><ref name=kumakura/> This confection is the ancestor of the modern confections {{Nihongo|''kintsuba''|金つば}}, which is also called {{Nihongo|''gintsuba''|銀つば}} in [[Kyoto]] and [[Osaka]],<ref name="heibonsha"/> and ''taiko-yaki'' (also known as [[imagawayaki]]), which both use {{Nihongo|''nerian''|練り餡}}, a [[sweet bean paste]].<ref name="Nipponica"/>

In the [[Meiji (era)|Meiji era]] (1868–1912), {{Nihongo|''monjiyaki''|文字焼き}}, a related confection, was popular with children at {{Nihongo|''[[dagashi]]ya''|駄菓子屋}}, shops selling cheap sweets.<ref name="Kansaistyle">{{Cite web |title=「関西風」のルーツは東京だった！花柳界と切り離せないお好み焼きの黎明期 |work=JBpress（日本ビジネスプレス） |date=16 August 2013 |access-date=6 August 2021 |trans-title=The roots of "Kansai style" were Tokyo! The dawn of okonomiyaki, which is inseparable from the Hanayanagi world |url=https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/38464?page=2 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806124521/https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/38464?page=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> This was made by drawing letters (''monji'') or pictures with flour batter on a ''[[Teppanyaki|teppan]]'' (iron griddle) and adding ingredients of choice. The confectionary was also called {{Nihongo|''dondonyaki''|どんどん焼き}}, from the [[onomatopoeia]] of the stall sellers beating drums to attract customers.<ref name="Nipponica">{{cite encyclopedia |title=お好み焼き |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Nipponica]], Volume 4 |year=1985 |last=沢 |first=史生 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |page=155 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/お好み焼き-1513538 |language=ja |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807224614/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%8A%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%BF%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D-1513538 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first appearance of the word "okonomiyaki" was at a shop in Osaka in the 1930s.<ref name="okonomi world"/><ref name="foodicles history">{{cite web |url=https://foodicles.com/okonomiyaki-history/ |title=All About the Famous Japanese Pancake. |first=Angela |last=Sibal |date=26 May 2021 |publisher=Foodicles |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607181620/https://foodicles.com/okonomiyaki-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="natgeo 20150804">{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/beyond-the-bomb-hiroshimas-beloved-okonomiyaki-pancake |title=Beyond the Bomb: Hiroshima's Beloved Okonomiyaki Pancake |date=4 August 2015 |first=Ari |last=Beser |work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210823222338/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/beyond-the-bomb-hiroshimas-beloved-okonomiyaki-pancake |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription }}</ref> After the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]] when people lacked amenities, it became a pastime to cook these crêpes,<ref name="heibonsha"/> and after [[World War II]] (when there was a short supply of [[rice]])<ref name="Kansaistyle"/> ''okonomiyaki'' emerged as an inexpensive and filling dish for all ages, often with savory toppings, such as meat, seafood, and vegetables.<ref name="heibonsha"/><ref name="Nipponica" /><ref name="bbc 20200413"/> This "''okonomiyaki'' boom" saw household equipment and ingredients for the dish become commercially available.<ref name="Nipponica" /> ''Monjiyaki'' also developed into the related modern dish {{Nihongo|''[[monjayaki]]''|モンジャ焼き}}, which has a more runny batter due to more added water, resulting in a different cooked consistency.<ref name="Nipponica" />

The ''{{ill|issen yōshoku|ja|一銭洋食}}'' (cheap [[Yōshoku|Western-style cuisine]]) of Kyoto, which developed in the [[Taishō]] period (1912–1926), may have produced an early form of modern savory ''okonomiyaki'' in the form of a pancake with [[Worcestershire sauce]] and chopped [[scallion]].<ref name="ono 2009">{{cite book |last=Ono |first=Fujiko (小野藤子) |title=おうちで作る鄉土ごはん |publisher=枻出版社 |year=2009 |isbn=9784777914449 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgbejNUUW9gC&pg=PA95 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045520/https://books.google.com/books?id=EgbejNUUW9gC&pg=PA95 |url-status=live}}, p.95</ref>