Toad Drawstring Bag - Gamakinchaku

…In the past, people used pouches to hold coins, but in the early Meiji period, the gamaguchi was invented to imitate imported dollar pouches. The name gamaguchi came from the fact that the clasp opens like a toad's mouth, and in the early days it was called a toad pouch or a Western toad pouch, and was worn on the shoulder or waist. The Tokyo Hanjo-ki (1873) states that "taking out the gamaguchi pouch from the kite's hideout, he urges the customer not to show his money," which shows that it had become common by that time. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古くは小銭入れに巾着を用いていたが，明治初年に輸入ドル入れを模してがまぐちが考案された。口金がガマ(蝦蟇)の口のように開くところから〈がまぐち〉の名がついたもので，初期には蝦蟇巾着，西洋胴乱と呼ばれ，肩にかけたり，腰に下げたりした。《東京繁昌記》(1873)に，〈とんびの躱（かくし）よりがま口を取り出しながら，つけを見せなと催促す〉とあり，そのころには一般的となっていたことがわかる。…

※「蝦蟇巾着」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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