...A type of oil lamp. It is a corrupted form of the Portuguese word candela (candlestick), and in Dutch it was called kandelaar. It is likely that the name and the actual object were introduced to Japan early on as a Nanban cultural artifact. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "candela (candela stand)" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…油用灯火具の一種。ポルトガル語のカンデラcandela(燭台)の転じなまった語で,オランダ語ではカンデラールkandelaarといった。おそらく南蛮文物として,その呼名とともに実物も早く伝来したのであろう。… ※「カンデラ(燭台)」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。 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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