Ingen Kettle - Green Bean Kettle

According to the "Butsurui Shoko", in Osaka, Chugoku and Shikoku, it was called "chabin", in Totomi it was called "tobin", in Shinano it was called "tedori", in Tosa, the large one with a short mouth was called "yakkuwan", the round one with a long mouth was called "chabin", but in Edo, all the various shapes were called "yakuhan". Around the time of the Meiwa and An'ei eras (1764-81), a new type of kettle called Ingen became popular, and it was made of copper with a long mouth, and it is said to have been modeled after the one that Ingen brought with him when he became a naturalized Japanese. On the other hand, in the 1849 (Kaei 2) Ingyo ranking comparing old-fashioned and popular styles, a Hiroshima kettle made of brass with a cloud dragon and other shapes was listed in the old-fashioned category.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ingen Yakkan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…《物類称呼》によると，大坂および中国，四国ではこれを〈ちゃびん〉，遠江（とおとうみ）では〈とうびん〉，信濃では〈てどり〉といい，土佐では形が大きくて口の短いものを〈やっくゎん〉，丸くて口の長いものを〈ちゃびん〉といったが，江戸ではいろいろな形のものもすべて〈やくはん〉といったとある。明和･安永(1764‐81)のころ，新形の隠元（いんげん）やかんというのが流行したが，これは銅で口を長く作り出したもので，隠元が日本へ帰化したとき，持って渡ったものにならったといい伝えている。一方，1849年(嘉永2)印行の古風と流行とを対比した番付によると，古風のほうに黄銅で雲竜などの形を打ち出した広島やかんが掲げられている。…

※「隠元やかん」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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