palace kitchen for final meal preparations (Heian period)
Historical term for a specific kitchen in the imperial palace during the Heian period, where final preparations such as reheating were done for the imperial family's meals.
In the imperial palace of the Heian period, there was a kitchen called Shinmotsudokoro.
kitchen in a noble's manor
Also used to refer to a kitchen in the residence of a noble, distinct from the imperial palace usage.
A kitchen called Shinmotsudokoro was also set up in the mansions of nobles.
Compound of 進物 (shinmotsu, 'gift' or 'offering') and 所 (tokoro/dokoro, 'place'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely referred to a place where food offerings were prepared.