When ingredients other than chicken are used , the dish is normally referred to by the name of the ingredient used , such as ' octopus zangi .' 鶏肉以外の場合は、「蛸のザンギ」など材料名を付して呼ぶことが一般的である。
Man potteries in the shape of an octopus trap pot have been excavated from the yayoi period ruins such as the ikegamisone historic site in osaka prefecture . 池上・曽根遺跡などの大阪府下の弥生時代の遺跡からは、蛸壺型の土器が複数出土している。
The fishing methods during the fishing season are mainly to use gill nets , diving fishing and tako odoshi ryo (the method to catch ise ebi by scaring them using octopus ). 漁期における漁法は主に、刺し網漁と潜水漁、蛸脅し漁がある。
The name ' takoyakushi ' comes from the common name of yakushinyorai (bhaisajyaguru ) in eifuku-ji temple (kyoto city ) located along shinkyogoku-dori street . 「蛸薬師」の名は新京極通にある永福寺 (京都市)の本尊薬師如来の俗称に由来する。
Takoyaki is a baked ball of wheat flour of three to five centimeters in diameter , into which a small piece of octopus is put , a dish originated in osaka . たこ焼き（たこ焼、蛸焼、たこやき）は、小麦粉の生地の中にタコの小片を入れ直径3cm〜5cmほどの球に焼き上げた大阪発祥の料理である。
" tako to ama " is a woodblock print by hokusai katsushika , which was included in the enpon (pornography ) " kinoe no komatsu " published around 1820 . 『蛸と海女』は葛飾北斎による1820年頃の艶本『喜能会之故真通』（きのえのこまつ）の中の木版画の一枚。
Before the ginza was set up , the area had a high concentration of cloth-dyeing shops , which moved to replacement land granted near nishinotoin-dori and takoyakushi-dori streets . 銀座移転前のこの地は染物屋が多く集居していたが、西洞院通蛸薬師通付近に替地を与えられ立ち退いた。
Masami teraoka included a picture called " sarah and octopus/seventh heaven " depicting the woman and the octopuses in his 2001 collection , " waves and plaguest ." 寺岡政美は彼の2001年の画集“Waves and Plaguest“の一枚に蛸と海女を描いた。
In kabuki routines like ' octopus ' kabuki ,' ' a pawnbroker ' s kabuki ' and ' honno-ji temple ,' background music play the role of off-stage music in kabuki theater . 「蛸芝居」「質屋芝居」「本能寺」などの芝居噺では、歌舞伎の下座音楽となる。
Then put octopus , boiled and cut into small cubes , into each dent and quickly scatter red pickled ginger and tenkasu (crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura ) onto it . 続いて細かく切ったゆで蛸を入れ、紅生姜・天かす・をざっと振りかけるように素早く入れる。
