Snowshoes (kanjiki) - Snowshoes

Japanese: かんじき(樏) - かんじき

Footwear worn under straw sandals or rubber boots for walking or working on snow or in marshes. To prevent feet from sinking into the snow, wooden boards or bamboo are used to make rings or frames, and ropes are attached to tie the sandals. Some are woven like blinds. Single-wheeled bamboo rings were used for treading and clearing snow on flat ground, while double-wheeled ones with claws were used to prevent slipping when hunting on hard ice and snow. Kane kanjiki with iron anti-slip pads were made in the Edo period and were used on frozen snowy roads in early spring. There is also a type of rice-field geta called kanjiki, which is worn during rice harvesting in deep fields.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

わら(藁)沓（くつ）やゴム長靴などの下につけて雪上，湿地の歩行や作業に用いるはきもの。雪の中に足が埋まらぬよう木の板や竹で輪や枠をつくり，縄をつけて沓をしばる。すだれ状に編まれたものもある。竹を輪にした単輪のものは平地での雪踏みや雪おろしに用い，爪のある複輪のものは，かたい氷雪上での狩猟の際，すべり止めに用いた。鉄のすべり止めをつけたかねかんじきは江戸時代につくられ，春先の凍った雪道で使われた。また深田の稲刈りの際にはく田下駄にもカンジキと呼ばれるものがある。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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