...It is a bamboo tube about 2 shaku long with a small hole at one end and a knot left, and was already seen at the end of the Muromachi period. Depending on the region, it is also called fire starter bamboo, breather bamboo, fusuri bamboo, or blowing bamboo. It was a new thing when firewood and matches became available and fire became easy to obtain. Before that, an important role of a housewife was to keep the fire burning and to stoke and blow on it every morning, so the blowing bamboo was a useful tool. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "Ikitsugi Bamboo" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…一端に節(ふし)を残して小さな穴があけてある長さ2尺ぐらいの竹筒で,室町時代末にはすでに見られた。土地によって火起し竹,息つぎ竹,ふすり竹,吹竹ともいう。付木(つけぎ)やマッチが出回って火が容易に得られるようになったのは新しいことで,それ以前は火種を絶やさず毎朝火をかきおこして吹きつけるのが主婦の重要な役目であり,このため火吹竹は重宝な道具であった。… ※「息つぎ竹」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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