Metal Western-style tableware

Japanese: 金属洋食器 - きんぞくようしょっき
Metal Western-style tableware

...Population: 43,589 (1995). Famous for producing more than 90% of the nation's metal Western tableware. The city center is located on the banks of the Nakanokuchi River, a branch of the Shinano River, and developed as a riverside market on the Nagaoka Shipway during the Edo period.

From [Western tableware]

...A set of formal tableware, mainly plates and cups, with uniform patterns and marks is called a dinner set. In Japan, when metal Western-style tableware is mentioned, it means table knives, forks, spoons, and other Western-style tableware, according to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's Industrial Statistics Table. However, the Japan Metal Western Tableware Industry Association, an industry group, focuses on table knives, forks, spoons, etc., while the Japan Metal Houseware Industry Association focuses on tableware and utensils.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "metal Western tableware" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口4万3589(1995)。全国の9割以上に及ぶ金属洋食器の生産によって有名である。中心市街は信濃川の分流である中ノ口川沿岸に位置し,江戸時代に長岡船道の河岸場として発展した。…

【洋食器】より

…なお,皿やカップを中心として絵柄やマークを統一した正餐用の食器の一そろいはディナーセットdinner setと呼ばれる。 日本においては金属洋食器といった場合,通産省の《工業統計表》では食卓用ナイフ,フォーク,スプーンとその他の洋食器がこれにあたる。しかし,業界団体である日本金属洋食器工業組合は食卓用ナイフ,フォーク,スプーンなどを対象とし,日本金属ハウスウェア工業組合は食卓用器物・器具類を対象としている。…

※「金属洋食器」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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