Unlike Today, during the Meiji period when school lunches were not available and the food service business had not been well developed, government officials working at administrative institutions still went to work carrying a packed lunch like ones used during the Edo period.
明治時代、給食もなく、また現代のように外食施設が発達していなかったこの時代、役所に勤務する官吏たちは江戸時代からあるような腰弁当を提げて仕事に出掛けていた。