North-bound crucian carp

Japanese: 北向鮒 - きたむきふな
North-bound crucian carp

...A hook that allows you to freely adjust the height of a pot or pan relative to the fire in the hearth. The most primitive form was a fork-shaped piece of wood called a matsukagi, which was hung from the ridgepole and was used until recently in huts built for dezukuri (a traditional Japanese hut), but the height could not be adjusted. It was later improved to a hook made of a thick board with sawtooth-like grooves, which allowed the height to be raised or lowered freely by the number of grooves. This type of wooden hook is called a ganda kagi, and can be seen in many places in the Tohoku region, where the Ainu people also used it.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kitamuki-funa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…囲炉裏(いろり)の火に対して鍋釜の高さを自在に調節できるかぎをいう。最も原初的な形のものはマツカギなどといわれる又状の木を棟木からつるしただけのもので,出作り小屋などで最近まで使われていたが,高低は調節できなかった。次に厚板にのこぎりの歯のような刻みをつけたかぎに改良され,刻み目の数だけは自由に上げ下げできるようになった。この板かぎ形式のものはガンダカギといわれ,東北地方に多くみることができ,アイヌもこれを用いていた。…

※「北向鮒」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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