Thick-toothed clogs - Atsubageta

Japanese: 厚歯下駄 - あつばげた
Thick-toothed clogs - Atsubageta

...Snow geta, which are used for walking on light snow, have a trapezoid or triangular shape with the gap between the teeth widening downwards, so that snow does not remain. Among the geta with sashiba, those with two high teeth are called ashida (called takageta in the Kansai region) and originally had oak teeth, but those with hornbeam teeth are called hoba geta (thick-toothed geta). Nowadays, paulownia wood is often used....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "thick clogs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…浅雪の歩行にはく雪下駄は,歯の間が下に広がった台形や三角形をしており,雪が残らないようになっている。差歯下駄のうち,歯の高い二枚歯のものを足駄(関西では高下駄)といい,樫歯であったが,ホオを歯としたものは朴歯下駄(厚歯下駄)という。今は多く桐を用いる。…

※「厚歯下駄」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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