Wind-cutting sickle

Japanese: 風切り鎌 - かぜきりがま
Wind-cutting sickle

…In addition, old sickles are placed at the entrances of graves and birthing houses to ward off dogs and evil spirits, and in Shikoku, sickles left in graveyards or outdoors are said to have become demons called kamaitachi. Furthermore, in the Hokuriku and Chubu regions, there is a custom of tying sickles to the gables of roofs or poles erected in gardens during the Hassaku wind festival to ward off bad winds. [Iijima Yoshiharu]…

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほか,墓や産屋の入口に古鎌をおいて犬よけや魔よけとする風があり,四国では墓地や野ざらしの鎌が〈かまいたち〉という魔物になったという。さらに北陸や中部地方には,八朔(はつさく)の風祭に屋根の切妻や庭に立てた竿に鎌を結いつけ,悪い風を防ごうという風切り鎌の風習がある。【飯島 吉晴】。…

※「風切り鎌」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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