Silver bridge - Ginbashi

Japanese: 銀ばし - ぎんばし
Silver bridge - Ginbashi

… Wooden chopsticks are available in plain wood or painted wood, the latter of which can also be decorated with makie (lacquer) or raden (mother of pearl). In addition, silver reacts with arsenic and discolors rapidly, so it is said that in ancient China, people in power who feared poisoning regularly used silver chopsticks, and they have been used in Japan since ancient times. [Suzuki Shinichi]
[Folklore]
The use of chopsticks is thought to have begun, in part, for religious reasons, as it was taboo to hold things with one's hands, and the Manabashi Shinji ritual, which still remains in various places today, in which offerings such as fish are prepared with long chopsticks and a knife, without using one's hands, conveys this ancient spirit.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ginbashi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…木ばしは白木のままのものと塗りばしがあり,後者には蒔絵(まきえ)や螺鈿(らでん)を施したものもつくられる。また,銀はヒ素と反応して急速に変色するため,中国では古くから毒殺をおそれた権力者たちが銀ばしを常用したといい,日本でもそれにならって古くから用いられていた。【鈴木 晋一】
[民俗]
 はしの使用は,一つには物を手でつかむことを忌む宗教的な理由から始まったと考えられ,今日でも各地に残る魚などの神饌(しんせん)を直接手を用いずに,長いはしと包丁で調理する〈真魚箸神事(まなばししんじ)〉はその古い心意を伝えている。…

※「銀ばし」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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