Gah

Japanese: がうな
Gah

…In the Wamyōshō, the yōken is classified as a turtle shellfish, which includes crabs, stone crabs, and other creatures, as well as something written as yoriiko and read as kamina. This is also called gauna, and is a hermit crab. Hermit crabs were served to nobles up until the end of the Muromachi period, but for some reason they disappeared completely in the Edo period. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gauna" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《和名抄》では擁劔は〈亀貝類〉に分類されており,そこにはほかに蟹,石蟹などのほか,寄居子と書いて〈かみな〉と読むものが見られる。これは〈がうな〉ともいい,ヤドカリである。ヤドカリは室町末期までは貴人の食膳にのぼっていたのだが,どういうものか江戸時代に入るとまったく姿を見せない。…

※「がうな」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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