…It is called a tousu (earthen mortar) because it is packed with earth. Before earthen mortars, there were wooden mortars used exclusively for grinding rice. The grooves of the mortar are radial, and the overlapping surfaces of the upper and lower mortars have a distinctive curved shape. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "wooden mortar" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…土を詰めるので土臼(とうす∥どうす)という。土臼以前にはもみすり専用として,木摺臼があった。臼の目は放射状であり,上下臼の重ね面は特有の曲線状をしている。… ※「木摺臼」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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