Shark

Japanese: かざめ
Shark

…It is thought that salted and dried foods and salted fish were common, but the yōtsurugi that appear in the Engishiki as a sacrifice from Settsu may have simply been boiled. The yōtsurugi are kazame, the modern-day Gazami crab. In the Wamyōshō, yōtsurugi are classified as turtle shellfish, and in addition to crabs and stone crabs, there are also crabs written as yoriiko and read as kamina. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした塩干品と塩辛が多かったのではないかと思われるが,《延喜式》に摂津の贄(にえ)として見える擁劔は,あるいはゆでただけのものであったかもしれない。擁劔は〈かざめ〉で,いまのガザミである。《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。…

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