Kanchoro

Japanese: かんちょろ
Kanchoro

...Those from the Edo period were made of metals such as iron, copper, or brass, or ceramic, had a large mouth like a clay teapot, from which a thick cloth wick was dispensed to light vegetable oil. In the Meiji period, before the spread of oil lamps, they were widely used nationwide as oil lighting devices, and in some regions they were called ankwa, kanchoro, kotoboshi, choro, tetoboshi, teranpu, tokuyo, or manjo. Many of them were made of tinplate, had a base device for setting the wick, and used a cotton wick about one-minute long, just like an alcohol lamp. ...

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Japanese:

…江戸時代のものは鉄,銅,黄銅などの金属製あるいは陶製で,土瓶のような大きな口をもち,これから太い布心を出して植物性油をともした。明治時代には石油ランプの普及にさきだって,石油用灯火具としてひろく全国的に用いられ,地方によっては〈あんくゎ〉〈かんちょろ〉〈ことぼし〉〈ちょろ〉〈てとぼし〉〈てらんぷ〉〈とくよう〉〈まんじょ〉などと呼ばれた。それらは多くブリキ製で,心をたてる口金装置をもち,これに一分心ほどの綿糸の心を使用した,ちょうどアルコールランプのような形式のものであった。…

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