According to Japan, the origin of wagashi is the "Tang confectionery" learned from China in the Tang Dynasty and the Chinese snacks imported in various subsequent eras:

"The prototype of wagashi", "Emperor Suiko" In the 1960s, the emperor sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty, and the exchanges between mainland China and mainland China began in 704.よって, Tang からDon fruit ( からくだもの) 8 kinds of と confectionery and 14 kinds of の Tang confectionery が 日本にもたらされた... The 754-year-old Kanzhen によってsugar-honey が in the Nara period, the 806-year-old Kukai に in the early Heian period How to make よって pancakes が伝えられた......1341 years old Japanese にもたらされた馒(steamed steamed buns)は, present も続いているmost も古い果子の一つである...Kamakura period かThe Muromachi period にかけてもたらされたyokanも , もともとは文通り羊の肉が使われていたものであったが, 日本では小豆を用したものに Improved されてしだいにNowのShapeになっていったものである”

In the Muromachi period, wheat flour + sugar production methods such as "Kinpeira sugar" and "Nanban confectionery" were introduced; in the Edo period, it gradually took shape, and finally after the Meiji Restoration, Western "foreign confectionery" was incorporated.

Types:

1. Raw fruits (containing about 30%-40% moisture)

This type of fruit is used as the main fruit at tea banquets. Represented by "りikiri", "こなし" and rice cake-based "Kashiwa mochi", "grass mochi", "おはぎ", "red bean rice", "mizu yokan" and "rice flour dumplings".

2. Half-raw fruits (moisture content between 10% and 30%)

Represented by "monaka" and "shiyi" made from grinding adzuki beans and molding them with honey.

3. Dried fruits (moisture content less than 10%)

The ones used at the tea party include "Pingtang", "Luoyan", "Pancakes", "Waffles" and "Rice Krispy Treats" as representative.