合あいの子こ弁べん当とう

noun

children's lunch box with rice and Western side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho)

A historical bento style combining Japanese rice with a Western-style side dish, popular in the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Now mainly a cultural reference.

• 合あいの子こ弁べん当とうは、ご飯はんと洋よう風ふうのおかずを組くみ合あわせた明めい治じ・大たい正しょう期きの子こども向むけ弁べん当とうです。

  Ainoko bento is a children's lunch box from the Meiji and Taisho periods that combines rice with a Western-style side dish.