Irori
An irori (囲炉裏, 居炉裏) is a traditional Japanese sunken hearth. Used for heating the home and for cooking food, it is essentially a square, stone-lined pit in the floor, equipped with an adjustable pothook – called a jizaikagi (自在鉤) and generally consisting of an iron rod within a bamboo tube – used for raising or lowering a suspended pot or kettle by means of an attached lever which is often decoratively designed in the shape of a fish.[1]
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Gallery
- Irori
- Small irori
- A jizaikagi hearth hook with fish-shaped counterbalance
- An irori in use
- An irori in a train station waiting room, 2010
Footnotes
- Fahr-Becker (2001), p196
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References
- Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (2001) [2000]. Ryokan - A Japanese Tradition. Cologne: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-8290-4829-7.
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