Before the Heian period, Japanese cuisine, although using fish and birds as ingredients, did not have much taste and required after-cooking seasoning to eat and in this sense, it was undeveloped cuisine.
平安時代までの日本料理は魚鳥を用いる反面、味が薄く調理後に調味料を用いて各自調製するなど、未発達な部分も多かった。