Mori, Senzō (森銑三) (1969). 明治東京逸聞史. Т. 2. Heibonsha., p.270, quote;:"鰻丼を始めたのは日本橘葺屋町の大野屋で、天保の飢饉当時に、大丼の鰻飯を天保銭一枚で売ったのが当って"
多田, 鉄之助 (1972). たべもの日本史. Т. 1. 新人物往来社., p.?, the author claims to have heard from the current successor to the restaurant that it was not the original innovator to put eel in jubako, and the old restaurant in Sanya was so named because the architecture resembled the jubako boxes
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