HŌJŌ Tokiyuki was a student in the first intake at the University 1 Anpan were born out of Japan’s modernization in the Meiji period near the end of the nineteenth century. These sweet treats of Japa-nese red bean paste encased in Western bread dough have been a hit ever since they first hit the shelves. In those days anpan came in round, diamond, and triangle shapes, and everyone was excited to get their hands on one. of Tokyo. One day he went to Urajinbōchō where they displayed anpan in Western-style shop windows and he bought one to enjoy while sitting on a bench in the courtyard. All of the students at the time loved anpan, and soon Hōjō’s classmate Inoue Enryō was also a fan. Five were more than enough for Hōjō, but apparently “Inoue ate more than twenty without even batting an eyelid.” Hōjō had been secretly counting how many anpan Enryō ate, and it seems he was pretty surprised. This is a side of Enryō we did not know about. But, Enryō was always one to stand out from the crowd. Prologue
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