Kagatsu - Kagatsu

…It is a large-mouthed funnel-shaped pottery with fine vertical notches (graters) on the inside wall, and food is placed inside and ground on the notches by rotating the pestle. It is also called a mortar bowl or kagat, and is also called a mortar and pestle. A pestle is also called a suriki, and is written as 'Mikagi', 'Suriki', 'Makigi', etc. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…口の大きな漏斗状の陶器で，内壁にこまかい縦の刻み目(おろし目)を一面に施し，中に食品を入れ，すりこ木を回転させて刻み目の上ですりつぶす。すりこ鉢，カガツともいい〈擂盆（らいばん）〉などとも呼ぶ。すりこ木はすり木とも呼び，〈磨粉木〉〈摺粉木〉〈擂槌〉などとも書く。…

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