Sushi (1873, 1891)

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   I was asked about "sushi."  OED and Merriam-Webster have 1893.
   A nice citation is on Making of America-Michigan, and then another one on
Making of America-Cornell


Author: Hepburn, J. C. (James Curtis), 1815-1911.
Title: Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary.
Publication date: 1873.
Collection: Making of America Books
<A HREF="http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;g=moagrp;xc=1;xg=1;sid=fb2f21525d3891c64f08a6636605722f;q1=sushi;rgn=full%20text;idno=AFF7013.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000142">Page 134</A>  - 1 term matching "sushi"
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SUSHI, _n_.  A kind of food made of rice and fish seasoned with vinegar.


(MAKING OF AMERICA--CORNELL)
<A HREF="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fscri%2Fscri0009%2F&tif=00173.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DAFR7379-0009-21">Japonica - Third Paper - Japanese People (Continued)</A>, by <A HREF="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/ww-idx?type=author&q1=Arnold%2C%20Edwin%2C%20Sir">Sir Edwin Arnold</A>:
pp. 165-177
<A HREF="http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fscri%2Fscri0009%2F&tif=00184.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DAFR7379-0009-21">p. 176</A> 1 match of 'sushi' in:
Title:  Scribner's magazine. / Volume 9, Issue 2
Publisher:  Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication Date:   February, 1891
   I forgot to mention that with the first tea-service ornamental colored
cakes are offered, _sobo_, _shiruko_, and later on _sushi_.