Anko vs. Unko

Omanju

My mom once handed me an English newspaper clipping and said you have got to read this obituary. It was about a person that had made omanju ( a Japanese sweet bean-filled rice cake).  The obituary also described how omanju is made and that a sweet reddish/brown bean paste is put in the omanju.  Unfortunately, there was a typo in the newspaper and instead of using the word "Anko"  to refer to the sweet bean paste, the newspaper said "Unko", which is a human bowel movement.  We all had a good laugh about that one.   The newspaper later said they had a correction, the word should have been "Anko" but they did not say what "Unko" meant.