Editing Nori (section)

===Ancient===
[[File:Shinagawa nori Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1864.jpg|thumb|left|''Toasting nori sheets in [[Shinagawa]]'', print by [[Utagawa Hiroshige|Hiroshige]], 1864]]
[[File:FMIB 53529 On etale l'Asaksanori en plein air pour le fair secher.jpeg|thumb|Nori being dried on racks, 1921]]

Originally, the term ''nori'' was generic and referred to [[seaweed]]s, including ''[[hijiki]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan|volume=6|publisher=Kōdansha|isbn=978-0-87011-620-9|year=1983|page=[https://archive.org/details/kodanshaencyclop0000koda/page/37 37]|quote=The word nori is used in Japan both as a general term for seaweed and as a name for a species of red algae (Pyropia tenera) that is commonly used as a foodstuff and is also known as asakusa-nori.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/kodanshaencyclop0000koda/page/37}}</ref> One of the earliest descriptions of nori is dated to around the eighth century. In the [[Taihō Code]] of 701 CE, ''nori'' was already included in the form of taxation.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nisizawa|first=Kazutosi|author2=Noda, Hiroyuki |author3=Kikuchi, Ryo |author4= Watanabe, Tadaharu |title=The main seaweed foods in Japan|journal=Hydrobiologia|date=September 1987|volume=151-152|issue=1|pages=5–29|doi=10.1007/BF00046102|s2cid=39736004|quote=In the Law of Taiho (AD 701) which was established by the Emperor at that time, marine algae such as Laminaria, Undaria and its sporophyll, Pyropia and Gelidium are included among marine products which were paid to the Court as tax.}}</ref> Local people were described as drying nori in the ''[[Hitachi Province]] [[Fudoki]]'' (721–721 CE), and harvesting of nori was mentioned in the ''[[Izumo Province]] Fudoki'' (713–733 CE).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQc3AAAAMAAJ|quote=There is a description "local people were drying nori" in Hitachi Province fudoki (721–721), and also there is a description "nori was harvested" in [[Izumo Province]] fudoki (713–733). These show nori was used as food from ancient times.|title= 和漢古典植物考 (Japanese and Chinese Classical Botany)|first=Terayama |last=Hiroshi| publisher=asaka Shobō|year= 2003 |page=588|isbn=9784896948158}}</ref> In the ''[[Utsubo Monogatari]]'', written around 987 CE, ''nori'' was recognized as a common food.